Edgar Frederick Marie Justin, Baron Michiels van Verduynen (2 December 1885 – 13 May 1952) was a Dutch politician.
Michiels van Verduynen was born in
The Hague
The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...
. He was a wealthy businessman, distinguished diplomat and conservative Catholic. He was a special envoy of the Dutch government to
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
between 1920 and 1923. He became ambassador in London in 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War. When the
Dutch government went into exile in London, he joined as a minister without portfolio.
He married in The Hague on 24 November 1917 with Henriette Elisabeth Jochems (1882–1968). The marriage was childless and he died in
London
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in 1952.
Decorations
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Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, 1922
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Commander in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, 1946
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Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, 1949
* Grand Cross of the
Order of the White Lion
The Order of the White Lion () is the highest order of the Czech Republic. It continues a Czechoslovak order of the same name created in 1922 as an award for foreigners (Czechoslovakia having no civilian decoration for its citizens in the 192 ...
(Czechoslovakia), 1924
References
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Parlement.com
1885 births
1952 deaths
Ambassadors of the Netherlands to the United Kingdom
Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
20th-century Dutch businesspeople
Dutch nobility
Dutch Roman Catholics
Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Leiden University alumni
Ministers without portfolio of the Netherlands
Diplomats from The Hague
Grand Crosses of the Order of the White Lion
Businesspeople from The Hague
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