Wolter Robert van Hoëvell

Life

1. 14 July 1812
   Born

   Deventer[1]
2. 2 July 1837–22 May 1848
   Minister at Batavia (Protestant congregation); spoke out against slave auctions and other abuses; returned in 1848 after a reprimand

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3. 19 November 1849–1 July 1862
   Member of the House of Representatives (Zaltbommel 1849-1850, Almelo 1850-1862); campaigned for the abolition of slavery in the East and West and criticised the cultivation system

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4. 1 July 1862–10 February 1879
   Member of the Council of State

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5. 10 February 1879
   Died

   's-Gravenhage[1][2]
6. Member of the Maatschappij ter bevordering van de Afschaffing der Slavernij (Dutch Society for the Abolition of Slavery); wrote abolitionist pamphlets on slavery in the West and East ("Slaven en vrijen", 1855)

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Family and ties

Parents

Gerrit Willem Wolter Carel van Hoëvell · Emerentia Luthera Isabella van der Capellen

Partners

Abramina Johanna Trip

Children

Emerence Luthera Isabella van Hoëvell · Bernard Gerrit Willem Wolter Carel van Hoëvell · N.N. van Hoëvell · N.N. van Hoëvell · N.N. van Hoëvell · N.N. van Hoëvell