Edouard Osy de Zegwaart

Edouard Osy de Zegwaart
Portrait of baron Edouard Osy de Zegwaart by Eugène Siberdt, 1890
Born
Eduardus Josephus Franciscus de Paulo Osy de Zegwaart

(1832-03-24)24 March 1832
Deurne, Belgium
Died5 December 1900(1900-12-05) (aged 68)
Ekeren, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupationpolitician

Baron Eduardus (Edouard) Josephus Franciscus de Paulo Osy de Zegwaart (24 March 1832 – 5 December 1900) was a Belgian politician.

Political career

Edouard Osy de Zegwaart was a member of the provincial council for the canton of Antwerp from 5 July 1864 until 22 May 1876.[1] He was a senator in the Belgian Senate from 1877 until 1878 and a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1880 until 1889.[1] In 1888 he was a founding member of the Antwerp section of the Belgian Anti-Slavery Society.[2]

Osy de Zegwaart was governor of the province of Antwerp from 26 January 1889 until his death on 5 December 1900.[1] This made him president of the provincial committee of the Commission Royale des Monuments, in which he took an active interest.[3]

He died at home, in Hoogboom Castle.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Steve Heylen, Bart De Nil, Bart D’hondt, Sophie Gyselinck, Hanne Van Herck and Donald Weber, Geschiedenis van de provincie Antwerpen. Een politieke biografie, vol. 2 (Antwerp, Provinciebestuur Antwerpen, 2005), p. 141.
  2. ^ "Société antiesclavagiste de Belgique", Journal de Bruxelles, 20 October 1888, p. 2.
  3. ^ a b Canon Vancaster, "Province d'Ancers", Bulletin des Commissions Royales d'Art et d'Archéologie, 40 (1901), p. 186.
Preceded by Governor of Antwerp
1889 – 1900 		Succeeded by


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