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Daniel Adrien le Leu de Wilhem - Herr van Besoyen

Personal data
Name
Daniel Adrien le Leu de Wilhem
Date of birth (prefix)
ca.
Born 1731
Alias
Herr van Besoyen
Biography

Son of Paul Sebastiaan le Leu de Wilhem (1691-1759) and Geertruij Noordheij (1707-1760).1  In 1759 he married Maria Philippina Jacoba Pieck.

Life with Boswell

Boswell dined splendidly at the Wilhem's in the Hague on December 26, 1763.

  • 1The father, Paul Sebastiaan, was a respected lawyer and ship-owner, who acted as mayor of the city of Rotterdam several times between 1741 and 1756.

Mentioned in

  • 1The father, Paul Sebastiaan, was a respected lawyer and ship-owner, who acted as mayor of the city of Rotterdam several times between 1741 and 1756.

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. 

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