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Aarnoud Jan Anne Aleid, Baron van Heemstra (22 July 1871 – 30 December 1957) was a Dutch nobleman, jurist and politician. He served as mayor of Arnhem between 1910 and 1920, and Governor-General of Suriname from 1921 until 1928. Van Heemstra was the grandfather of Audrey Hepburn.
Aarnoud Jan Anne Aleid baron van Heemstra ( Vreeland, 22 juli 1871 [1] - Den Haag, 30 december 1957) [2] was een Nederlands jurist en politicus . Leven en werk. Van Heemstra werd geboren als zoon van mr. Willem Hendrik Johan baron van Heemstra (1841-1909), burgemeester van Vreeland, en Wilhelmina Cornelia de Beaufort (1843-1927).
Baron Aarnoud van Heemstra, Humanitarian Governor of Suriname and Grandfather of Audrey Hepburn. Baron Aarnoud Jan Anne Aleid van Heemstra was born in 1871 into an aristocratic family of Frisian origin in the Netherlands. His great uncle, Schelto van Heemstra, had been Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the early 1860s.
Aarnoud Jan Anne Aleid, Baron van Heemstra (22 July 1871 – 30 December 1957) was a Dutch nobleman, jurist and politician. He served as mayor of Arnhem between 1910 and 1920, and Governor-General of Suriname from 1921 until 1928. Van Heemstra was the grandfather of Audrey Hepburn. Quick Facts Governor-General of Suriname, Preceded by ... Close.
Baron Aarnoud Jan Anne Aleid van Heemstra was born in 1871 into an aristocratic family of Frisian origin in the Netherlands. His great uncle, Schelto van Heemstra, had been Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the early 1860s.
Van Heemstra was the first leader of Suriname to recognize the economic poten-tial of the massive bauxite mineral reserves in the country. In 1922, the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) started bauxite mining in Suriname, and bauxite remains Suriname’s most important export in the 21st century. Van Heemstra tried to attract
Aarnoud Jan Anne Aleid baron van Heemstra (nacido en Vreeland el 22 de julio de 1871 y murió en Oosterbeek el 30 de diciembre de 1957) es un político y diplomático holandés, abuelo materno de la actriz Audrey Hepburn. Biografía. El barón Aarnoud Jan Anne Aleid van Heemstra, descendiente de la nobleza holandesa, nació en la provincia de ...
