René de Marees van Swinderen

Dutch diplomat and politician

Jhr. Reneke (René) de Marees van Swinderen (6 October 1860, in Groningen – 17 January 1955, in London) was a Dutch diplomat and politician. He married Elizabeth Lindsay Glover 21 December 1904 in Washington, D.C.^[1]

Career

From September 9, 1887 to 1888 he was Attaché in the Cabinet of the Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Until October 1889 he was Attaché in Berlin.
From October 1889 to 1890 he was Attaché to Washington, D.C.
From 1890 to April 1894 he was second class secretary of legation in Vienna.
From April 9, 1894 to December 1899 he was first class secretary of legation to Saint Petersburg.
From January 1900 to 1901 he was first class secretary of legation in Paris.
From 1901 to 1903 he was minister at Bucharest.
In 1904 he was minister at Belgrade.
From February 18, 1904 to February 12, 1908 he was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in Washington, D.C., also accredited in Mexico City.
In December 1907 he left for the Netherlands.
From February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 he was Minister for Foreign Affairs.^[2]

Honours

1910: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold.^[3]

References

Biography at the Institute of Netherlands History

^ Who's Who in America 1904 [1], page 1850
^ Biography of the dutch Parliament René de Marees van Swinderen
^ Royal Decree of 1910/-Mémorial du centenaire de l'Ordre de Léopold. 1832-1932. Bruxelles, J. Rozez, 1933.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Buys
Gogel
Van der Goes van Dirxland
Röell
Mollerus
Van der Heim
Van Hogendorp
Van Nagell
Reinhold
Van Reede
De Coninck
Verstolk van Soelen
H. van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Huyssen van Kettendijke
Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
De la Sarraz
Van Randwijck
Schimmelpenninck
Bentinck van Nijenhuis
Lightenvelt
Van Sonsbeeck
Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Van Hall
Gevers van Endegeest
Van Goltstein
Van Hall
Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Van der Goes van Dirxland
Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Strens
Stratenus
Van der Maesen de Sombreff
Huyssen van Kattendijke
Cremers
Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Van Mulken
Roest van Limburg
Van Mulken
Gericke van Herwijnen
Van der Does de Willebois
Van Heeckeren van Kell
Van Lynden van Sandenburg
Rochussen
Van der Does de Willebois
Du Tour van Bellinchave
Van Karnebeek
Hartsen
Van Tienhoven
Jansen
Röell
De Beaufort
Van Lynden
Ellis
Van Weede van Berencamp
Ellis
Van Tets van Goudriaan
De Marees van Swinderen
Cort van der Linden
Loudon
Van Karnebeek
Beelaerts van Blokland
De Graeff
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
Colijn
Patijn
Van Kleffens
Van Roijen
Van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout
Stikker
Beyen
Luns
Schmelzer
Van der Stoel
Van der Klaauw
Van der Stoel
Van Agt
Van den Broek
Kooijmans
Van Mierlo
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De Hoop Scheffer
Bot
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Rosenthal
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