Jacob Derk Carel van Heeckeren

Deceased Person

1730 – 1795

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Who was Jacob Derk Carel van Heeckeren?

Baron Jacob Derk Carel van Heeckeren van Kell was a member of the Dutch noble family van Heeckeren. Van Heeckeren studied law at Leiden University. Before 1752 he was working for prince William IV and later became advisor to prince William V. In 1780 he was named constable.

Among his political duties he was the special deputy to Maastricht and Overmaas, he also was schout of Heerlen. When exactly he became schout of Heerlen is unknown, however he was schout before 1756 and remained schout till 1795, when Heerlen was taken over by France.

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Born
Oct 31, 1730
Lived in
  • Heerlen
Died
Jul 11, 1795

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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