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Edouard Pycke

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Edouard Pycke
Born
Jean Joseph Edouard Pycke d'Ideghem

(1807-12-11)11 December 1807
Died27 April 1892(1892-04-27) (aged 84)
NationalityBelgian
Occupationpolitician

Baron Jean Joseph Edouard Pycke d'Ideghem (11 December 1807 – 27 April 1892) was a Belgian liberal politician.[1] He was governor of the province of Antwerp from 5 April 1862 until 23 March 1887.[2]

Political career

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Edouard Pycke was a member of the Antwerp provincial council for the Canton Mechelen from 5 July 1842 until 25 May 1846 and from 18 July 1848 until 5 April 1846.[clarification needed] He was a deputy to the provincial council from 4 August 1848 until 5 April 1862.

References

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  1. ^ Félix Victor Goethals, Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles (1852): "Pierre-François Pycke, né le 26 septembre 1778 et baptisé le lendemain à l'église de Saint-Michel à Gand, mort en 1808, épousa Jacqueline lieins, dont : 1° Pierre-François-Augustc, qui suil: 2° Jean-Joseph-Édouard Pycke, chevalier, ..."
  2. ^ Steve Heylen, Bart De Nil, Bart D’hondt, Sophie Gyselinck, Hanne Van Herck and Donald Weber, Geschiedenis van de provincie Antwerpen. Een politieke biografie, Antwerp, Provinciebestuur Antwerpen, 2005, Vol. 2 p. 153.
Preceded by Governor of Antwerp
1862–1887
Succeeded by