Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke

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Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke
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Born The Hague
22 January 1816 (1816-01-22)
The Hague
Died 6 February 1866 (1866-02-07) (aged 50)
Occupation Admiral

Willem Johan Cornelis, Knight Huijssen van Kattendijke (22 January 1816, The Hague – 6 February 1866, The Hague) was Dutch admiral and politician.

He was the son of Jan Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke, foreign minister of the Netherlands from 1841 to 1843. From 1839 to 1861 Willem was an officer of the Dutch Navy.

On September 21, 1857, he delivered to Nagasaki a steam warship ordered by the Bakufu, the Japan, later named Kanrin Maru. He became the second Principal of the Nagasaki Naval Training Center, after Pels Rijcken, where he became very active in teaching principles of a modern Navy (navigation, cannonry, measurements) to Bakufu officials such as Katsu Kaishu (勝海舟). Two years later, in 1859, he left Japan as the Nagasaki Naval Training Center was closed and transferred to Tsukiji.

From 1861 to 1866 he was Navy Minister for the Netherlands, first in the cabinet of Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt and then in the second cabinet of Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. In the latter he also served as Foreign Minister in 1864. He died as Navy Minister at the age of 50.



FOREIGN MILITARY MISSIONS TO JAPAN
FRANCE
France

UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom

GERMANY
German Empire

NETHERLANDS
Netherlands

ITALY
Italy

French Military Mission to Japan (1867-1868)
French Military Mission to Japan (1872-1880)
French Military Mission to Japan (1884-1889)
French Military Mission to Japan (1918-1919)
Tracey Mission
(1867-1868)
Douglas Mission (1873-1875)
Sempill Mission (1922-1923)
Meckel Mission
(1885-1890)
Pels Rijcken
(1855-1857)
Kattendijke
(1857-1859)
Schermbeck
(1883-1886)
Pompeo Grillo
(1884-1888)
Quaratezi
(1889-1890)

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Dutch Wikipedia.