Augustijn Gerhard Besier
Augustijn Gerhard Besier | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Provisional Representatives of the People of Overijssel[1] | |
| In office 1795 – 1795 | |
| Constituency | Zwolle |
| Member of the First National Assembly of the Batavian Republic[1] | |
| In office 31 May 1796 – 10 November 1796 | |
| Constituency | Zwolle |
| Member of the Uitvoerend Bewind[1] | |
| In office 5 June 1799 – 17 October 1801 | |
| Member of the Staatsbewind[1] | |
| In office 21 October 1801 – 29 April 1805 | |
| Member of the Provincial Council of Overijssel[1] | |
| In office 3 July 1821 – 19 March 1829 | |
| Constituency | Deventer, urban class |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1756 Deventer |
| Died | 13 March 1829 (aged 72) Deventer |
Augustijn Gerhard Besier[a] (19 May 1756 – 13 March 1829) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the First National Assembly of the Batavian Republic and part of the patriot faction.
Early life
[edit]Besier received his early education in IJsselstein. In 1772, he studied in Deventer under Johannes Ruardi, Nicolaas Heineken and Georgius Jordens.[3] He continued his studies at the University of Leiden, where he enrolled on 18 September 1775.[2] On 5 February 1780, Besier earned his degree in law, defending a dissertation on the rightful cession of Overijssel to Philip II of Spain.[2][3]
Career
[edit]After completing his studies, Besier began a legal practice in Deventer. He became a magistrate of Deventer[4] and served as the commander of the city's citizen militia, playing a key role in quelling a local uprising.[3] After the Patriottentijd in 1787, Besier was ousted from government and forced to leave. He relocated to Zwolle where he continued his legal practice.[4] After the Batavian Revolution in 1795, Besier became member of the Provisional Representatives of the People of Overijssel for a few months. In 1796, he replaced Willem Queysen as a member of the First National Assembly of the Batavian Republic, after Queysen became member of the constitution committee of the Assembly.[4]
Besier had been appointed member of the Committee of the Navy in The Hague shortly before his appointment to the Assembly. He had not been given a waiver by the Assembly to refuse the appointment.[2] After he left the Assembly in November 1798, he was again appointed member of the Committee of the Navy.[3][4] Between February 1798 and 1799 he was Commissioner-Director of the Navy in Amsterdam. Later that year he was elected to the Representative Body, but refused and was given an exemption.[4]
In 1799 he was appointed member of the Uitvoerend Bewind. He supported the coup d'état of 1801[2] and joined the Staatsbewind which replaced the Uitvoerend Bewind.[4] In 1804, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte demanded Besier and three others be removed from the Staatsbewind.[2] His appointment was officially over after the Staatsbewind was disbanded in 1805 and replaced by Grand Pensionary Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck.
After his resignation, Besier moved Amsterdam. He became a member of the general board of the inrichtingen van weldadigheid in 1805.[2] He moved back to Deventer in 1810 and refused an appointment as under-prefect of Winschoten in 1811.[4] 1811, he was appointed a member of the general council of the French department Bouches-de-l'Yssel. After the Netherlands regained independence in 1814, Besier became member of the council of Deventer. In 1821 he also became member of the Provincial Council of Overijssel.[2]
Personal life
[edit]With his first wife, Esther Wilhelmina Clignet (1760–1805), he had seven sons and one daughter. In 1809, Besier remarried Jeanne Frederique de Mey (1782–1810).[3][4] He was a Reformed Christian.[4]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "mr. Augustijn Gerhard Besier". Repertorium van ambtsdragers en ambtenaren 1428-1861 (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ramaer, Johan Christoffel (1933). "Besier, Mr. Augustinus Gerhard". In Blok, P.J.; Molhuysen, P.C. (eds.). Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 9 (in Dutch). ISBN 978-90-6072-809-3.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ a b c d e Aa, Abraham Jacob van der (1854). "Augustijn Gerhard Besier". Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden. Deel 2 (in Dutch).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Elias, A.M.; Schölvinck, Paula C.M. (1991). Volksrepresentanten en wetgevers: de politieke elite in de Bataafs-Franse tijd 1796-1810 (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Van Soeren. p. 34. ISBN 90-6881-018-9.