Jonkheer Joan Röell (Haarlem, Netherlands, 21 July 1844 – The Hague, 13 July 1914) was a Dutch nobleman, lawyer, politician and statesman. He was a member of a prominent Dutch noble family which produced many public administrators and politicians.
From 1894 to 1897 Röell headed the Dutch government as Prime Minister (formally: chairman of the Council of Ministers) and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Röell was a son of Herman Hendrik, Baron Röell, C....
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Jonkheer Joan Röell (Haarlem, Netherlands, 21 July 1844 – The Hague, 13 July 1914) was a Dutch nobleman, lawyer, politician and statesman. He was a member of a prominent Dutch noble family which produced many public administrators and politicians.
From 1894 to 1897 Röell headed the Dutch government as Prime Minister (formally: chairman of the Council of Ministers) and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Röell was a son of Herman Hendrik, Baron Röell, C.N.L., G.E.K. (1806-1883), member (1842) and registrar (1843-1858) of the Provincial States of North Holland, King's commissioner of the Province of Utrecht (1858-1860) and of the Province of North Holland (1860-1879), curator of the University of Utrecht (1859-1883), and Elisabeth van de Poll (1808-1862).
Röell married Utrecht 10 September 1868 with Jonkvrouw Eritia Ena Romelia de Beaufort (Utrecht 26 February 1843 – The Hague 20 February 1910). The couple had no children.
As a former registrar of the Provincial States of South Holland, Röell...
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