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Aarnoud Joost van der Duyn - Baron Maasdam

Biography


Birth: 1718
Death: 1785

Son of Adam Adriaan van der Duijn and Anna Maria Elisabeth, Baroness van Dorp. Married (1742) to Anna van Sommelsdijk. General of Cavalry in 1763.

Also known as

  • Baron Maasdam

Life with James Boswell

Boswell dined at the Maasdams on January 1, 1764.

Mentioned in

Aarnoud Joost van der Duyn is mentioned in:

  • Boswell in Holland 1763-1764

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