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Arend Willem de Ginkel van Reede
Born May 25, 1747  
in s'Gravenhage
Died June 7, 1815  
in Berlin
Baron van Reede
Young Reede

Son of Frederick William de Ginkell van Reede (d. 1747), 4th Earl of Athlone, and Louisa Isabella Hermelina van Wassenaar (d. 1756). Brother of Frederick Christian Rhynhart de Ginkell, 5th Earl of Athlone, who in 1765 married Anna Elisabeth Christina van Tuyll van Serooskerken, a cousin of Belle de Zuylen's.1 

Arend van Reede married (1769) Heylwich Adriana Amarantha van Lynden (1740-1773),2 with whom he had at least two children, William Frederik (1770-1838) and Otteline Frederique (1773-1799). In 1791 he married Wilhelmina von Krusemarck.3 Van Reede was at some time a close personal friend of Belle de Zuylen's.

 

Boswell and Reede dined together at Archibald Maclaine's on December 24, 1763. Boswell recorded part of the dinner conversation, at which Reede said that "[Belle] de Zuylen is very likable. She writes verses, but she is not ill natured. She jests..."

Boswell spent some time in Reede's company during his visit to The Hague in 1764 as well.

  • 1The Earldom of Athlone, Ireland had been conferred upon their ancestor Godard van Reede (1644-1722) by William III.
  • 2Heylwich Adriana was the daughter of Caspar Anthony van Lynden
  • 3Wilhelmina was the daughter of Freiherr Hans Friedrich von Krusemarck
Boswell in Holland 1763-64

Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals.