Hieronymus Franciscus (Jerôme) Lambrechts (12 October 1839 – 25 November 1896) was a Dutch politician. Lambrechts was a

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and school overseer who was a representative for the

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district. As one journalist wrote, he belonged to the 'incumbent members'. He spoke rarely and always briefly. Lambrechts was a son of Jan Jacob Lambrechts (1804–1858), Member of Parliament from 1849–1850 and Maria Gertudis Nelissen (–1900). He was a

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of the

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for more than twenty years. Lambrechts died in 1896 in Papenhoven.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambrechts, Jerome 1839 births 1896 deaths 19th-century Dutch politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) People from Echt-Susteren