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Cornelius de Perponcher-Sedlnitzky

Biography


Birth: May 03, 1733 at 's-Gravenhage
Death: Oct 27, 1776 at Zuilen where he drowned

Son of Count Jacob Arent de Perponcher-Sedlnitzky and Jacoba Maria van Wassenaer. Married (1763) to Johanna Maria van Tuyll van Serooskerken, younger sister of Belle de Zuylen. He drowned in 1776.

He was a sometime justice in the supreme court of the province of Holland, and father of Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitsky (1771-1856), a Dutch general and diplomat who commanded an army division at the battle of Waterloo (1815).

Also known as

  • Cornelis baron de Perponcher Sedlnitsky

Life with James Boswell

Boswell made a note to visit Perponcher on May 12, 1764. It is unclear whether they had met before this day.

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Cornelius de Perponcher-Sedlnitzky is mentioned in:

  • Boswell in Holland 1763-1764

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