James Loudon (politician)

James Loudon
Jonkheer; James Loudon
	James Loudon in 1875
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
	In office; 1 January 1872 – 26 March 1875
Monarch	William III
Preceded by	Pieter Mijer
Succeeded by	Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge
Minister of Colonial Affairs
	In office; 14 March 1861 – 31 January 1862
Prime Minister	Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt; Schelto van Heemstra
Preceded by	Jean Pierre Cornets de Groot van Kraaijenburg
Succeeded by	Gerhard Hendrik Uhlenbeck
Personal details
Born	8 June 1824; The Hague, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Died	31 May 1900 (aged 75); The Hague, Netherlands

Jonkheer James Loudon (8 June 1824 – 31 May 1900) was a Dutch politician. He was Minister of Colonial Affairs in the Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra cabinet (1861–1862), King's Commissioner in South Holland (1862–1871), and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1872–1875). He was the father of politician John Loudon.[1]

The ship Gouverneur Generaal Loudon (1875) was named after him.

He was made a Jonkheer in 1884.[1]

Honors

Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1860)[1]
Commander in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1862)[1]
Grand Officer in the Order of the Oak Crown (1868)[1]
Grand Cross in the Order of the Oak Crown (1871)[1]
Knight First Class in the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (1879)[1]

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gollark: Generally, I think my things should do what I want and not enforce artificial lockouts on things, randomly break unrepairably, report data back to whoever, run unauditable proprietary software, or do weird stuff in the background.

gollark: Oh, and if I remember right all Teslas are constantly connected over the mobile network to Tesla and can refuse to work if you don't do software updates.

gollark: * one model of car, I mean

gollark: They also had a perfect* and flawless** design where in one car, their console or something had a flash chip in it which could not be replaced and which their terrible software wore out really fast.

References

(in Dutch) Mr. J. Loudon, Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 18 January 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Pieter Mijer	Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1872–1875	Succeeded by Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge

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[parlement-1] (in Dutch) Mr. J. Loudon, Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 18 January 2015.