Edouard Osy de Zegwaart

Baron Eduardus (Edouard) Josephus Franciscus de Paulo Osy de Zegwaart (24 March 1832 – 5 December 1900) was a Belgian politician.

Edouard Osy de Zegwaart
Portrait of baron Edouard Osy de Zegwaart by Eugène Siberdt, 1890
Born
Eduardus Josephus Franciscus de Paulo Osy de Zegwaart

(1832-03-24)24 March 1832
Deurne, Belgium
Died5 December 1900(1900-12-05) (aged 68)
Ekeren, Belgium
NationalityBelgium
Occupationpolitician

Political career

Edouard Osy de Zegwaart was a member of the provincial council for the canton of Antwerp from 5 July 1864 until 22 May 1876.[1] He was a senator in the Belgian Senate from 1877 until 1878 and a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1880 until 1889.[1] In 1888 he was a founding member of the Antwerp section of the Belgian Anti-Slavery Society.[2]

Osy de Zegwaart was governor of the province of Antwerp from 26 January 1889 until his death on 5 December 1900.[1] This made him president of the provincial committee of the Commission Royale des Monuments, in which he took an active interest.[3]

He died at home, in Hoogboom Castle.[3]

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References
  1. Steve Heylen, Bart De Nil, Bart D’hondt, Sophie Gyselinck, Hanne Van Herck and Donald Weber, Geschiedenis van de provincie Antwerpen. Een politieke biografie, vol. 2 (Antwerp, Provinciebestuur Antwerpen, 2005), p. 141.
  2. "Société antiesclavagiste de Belgique", Journal de Bruxelles, 20 October 1888, p. 2.
  3. Canon Vancaster, "Province d'Ancers", Bulletin des Commissions Royales d'Art et d'Archéologie, 40 (1901), p. 186.
Preceded by
Charles du Bois de Vroylande		 Governor of Antwerp
1889 – 1900		 Succeeded by
Fredegand Cogels
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