Titus van Asch van Wijck

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Titus van Asch van Wijck.

Jonkheer Titus Anthony Jacob van Asch van Wijck (29 August 1849 in Utrecht – 9 September 1902 in The Hague) was a Dutch nobleman, politician and colonial governor of Suriname. He was the son of Matthias Margarethus van Asch van Wijck and the grandson of Hubert Matthijs Adriaan Jan van Asch van Wijck, both prominent politicians. T. A. J. van Asch van Wijck served as governor of Suriname (27 June 1891 – 12 May 1896) and colonial minister (1 August 1901 – 9 September 1902) in the government of Abraham Kuyper. He was a leading member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP).

The Van Asch Van Wijck Mountains in Suriname are named after him.^[1]

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^ "Asch van Wijck". Anda Suriname. http://www.suriname.nu/701vips/aschvanwijck.html. Retrieved March 7, 2011.

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Biography

v d e Ministers of Colonial Affairs of the Netherlands (1848–1945)

Julius Constantijn Rijk \| Guillaume Louis Baud \| Engelbertus Batavus van den Bosch \| Charles Ferdinand Pahud \| Pieter Mijer \| Jan Jacob Rochussen \| Johannes Servaas Lotsy* \| Jean Pierre Cornets de Groot van Kraaijenburg \| James Loudon \| Gerhard Hendrik Uhlenbeck \| Gerardus Henri Betz* \| Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte \| Pieter Mijer \| Nicolaas Trakranen \| Johannes Jerphaas Hasselman \| Engelbertus de Waal \| Lodewijk Gerard Brocx \| Pieter Philip van Bosse \| Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte \| Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller \| Fokko Alting Mees \| Pieter Philip van Bosse \| Hendrikus Octavius Wichers \| Otto van Rees \| Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller \| Willem Maurits de Brauw \| Willem Frederik van Erp Taalman Kip* \| Franciscus Gerard van Bloemen Waanders \| August Willem Philip Weitzel* \| Jacobus Petrus Sprenger van Eyk \| Levinus Wilhelmus Christiaan Keuchenius \| Æneas Mackay \| Willem Karel van Dedem \| Jacob Hendrik Bergsma \| Jacob Theodoor Cremer \| Titus van Asch van Wijck \| Johannes Willem Bergansius* \| Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg \| Dirk Fock \| Theo Heemskerk* \| Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg \| Jan Hendrik de Waal Malefijt \| Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte \| Jean Jacques Rambonnet \| Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg \| Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck* \| Simon de Graaff \| Hendrikus Colijn* \| Charles Welter \| Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger \| Simon de Graaff \| Hendrikus Colijn \| Charles Welter \| Cornelis van den Bussche \| Charles Welter \| Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy \| Hubertus van Mook *denotes interim