Jacob Boreel (1 April 1630, in

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– 21 August 1697, in

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) was an ambassador in France, sheriff and

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in 1696. Between 1664 and 1665 he travelled through

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with his friend

Nicolaes Witsen Nicolaes Witsen (8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717; modern Dutch: ''Nicolaas Witsen'') was a Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682 and 1706. In 1693 he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). I ...

. In 1679, he became the ambassador in Paris. He is remembered in Velsen as the owner of the ''

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'' called

Beeckestijn Beeckestijn is a historical buitenplaats (summer house) dating from the 18th century in a park by the same name in Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands. History The Beeckestijn site was a buitenplaats in the 15th and 16th centuries before the current Englis ...

, who financed improvements to the house and gardens to the design that has been kept up until today. In 1690, as a sheriff he was involved in a case with

Romeyn de Hooghe Romeyn de Hooghe (bapt. 10 September 1645 – 10 June 1708) was a late Dutch Baroque painter, sculptor, engraver and caricaturist. Biography He was born in Amsterdam, and was a skilled etcher, draughtsman, painter, sculptor and medalis ...

. On the day before the mayors were appointed, the house of Boreel on 507

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was attacked by the mob. All the furniture, mirrors and expensive porcelain were destroyed, taken home, or thrown into the canal. Boreel, overweight and unwell, had to flee over the neighbor's fence.

Family

His father

Willem Boreel Sir Willem Boreel, 1st Baronet (2 March 1591 in Middelburg – 29 September 1668 in Paris) was a Dutch diplomat. Biography Willem Boreel was the son of Jacob Boreel (1552-1636), burgomaster of Bergen-op-Zoom. Adam Boreel and the jurist Abraham Bo ...

was a baron of England.

External links

Nottingham University manuscript catalogue
1630 births 1697 deaths Mayors of Amsterdam Diplomats from Amsterdam Ambassadors of the Netherlands to France {{Europe-diplomat-stub