Pieter van Bleiswijk
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Pieter van Bleiswijk (1724, Delft – 29 October 1790, The Hague[1]) was grand pensionary of Holland from 1 December 1772 to November 1787. During the American Revolutionary War he was a sympathizer with the American insurgent cause and had dealings with American diplomats John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.[2]
He was an opponent of Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the main adviser of Prince William V of Orange. He was deposed during the Prussian invasion of the United Provinces in 1787.
References
[edit]- ^ "Mr. drs. Dirk van Duijvenbode - De Nederlandse kabinetten vanaf 1848". Archived from the original on 2001-06-17.
- ^ Schulte Nordholt, Jan Willem, The Dutch Republic and American Independence, pp. 63-64, 66-67, 111-12, 66-67
Further reading
[edit]- Schulte Nordholt, Jan Willem. The Dutch Republic and American Independence, trans. Herbert H. Rowen. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press 1982 ISBN 0807815306
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