Elbert de Hochepied, 2nd Baron de Hochepied (6 January 1706 – 11 February 1763) was a

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politician and diplomat, who represented the

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at the

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Early life

Hochepied was born in Smyrna on 6 January 1706. He was the son of Clara Catharina Colyer (1657–1733) and Daniël Johan de Hochepied, 1st Baron de Hochepied (1657–1723), who was Dutch Consul at Smyrna, from 1688 to 1723. Among his siblings were Justinus Constantinus de Hochepied, Jacobus Byzantinus de Hochepied (who married Margarita Constantia

van der Wiel Van de Wiel or Van der Wiel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the ''wiel''". A ''wiel'' is a pool or small lake formed by a dyke breach. Petronella Jacoba de Hochepied (who married Gaspard de Fontenu), and Gertrude de Hochepied (wife of John Cooke, English Consul at Smyrna). His maternal grandparents were Maria Engelbert and Justinus Colyer, the Dutch Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1668 to 1782 (who was a half-brother to Sir Alexander Colyear, 1st Baronet). His uncle, Jacobus Colyer, was also the Dutch Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. His paternal grandparents were Geertruyd Spiegel and silk merchant Jan Baptista Bathiste de Hochepied, burgher of Amsterdam. His uncle, Jan Baptista de Hochepied, married Agneta

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, a daughter of

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, republican minded aristocrat and Amsterdam

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, president-bewindhebber of the

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and brother-in-law of Grand Pensionary

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Career

The title of Baron and

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was conferred on his father, with limitation to his issue, by letters patent of

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, under the great seal of the

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, given at Vienna, at the 8th April 1704. In 1747, he succeeded Cornelis Calkoen to become the Dutch Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Hochepied served under

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(from 1747 to 1751) and

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(from 1751 to 1763) during the reign of

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(from 1747 to 1754),

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(from 1754 to 1757), and

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(from 1757 to 1763).

Personal life

Sir Martin Archer Shee portrait Anna Margaretta Larpent in a white dress with a blue sash

On 15 November 1735, Hochepied was married to Anna Margaretha Boelema (1715–1756) at

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. She was the only daughter of Gerard Boelema,

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of Haarlem, and Anna Craye. Together, they were the parents of: * Clarissa Catherine de Hochepied (1736–), who married Sir James Porter, the

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, in 1755. * Gerard Johannes de Hochepied, 3rd Baron de Hochepied (1742–1779), who married Sarah-Anne Gerlacias, daughter of John-Hermann Gerlacias. Anna died on 12 September 1756. Hochepied died at

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on 11 February 1763.

Descendants

Through his son Gerard, he was a grandfather of Adrian William Elbert de Hochepied, 4th Baron de Hochepied (1780–1817), who died unmarried at the Hague and was succeeded by his brother, Hugo Balthazar de Hochepied, 5th Baron de Hochepied (1787–1819), who also died unmarried at the Hague. The title reverted, under the limitation of the letters patent, to his first cousin,

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. Through his daughter Clarissa, he was a grandfather of

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(1758–1832) and George de Hochepied, 6th Baron de Hochepied (1760–1828).

References

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