Jacob van Heeckeren tot Enghuizen

Jacob Derk Burchard Anne, Baron van Heeckeren tot Enghuizen, also known as Baron van Heeckeren van Beverweerd (28 November 1792 – 28 September 1884), was a Dutch diplomat. He received the title baron of the First French Empire in 1813.

Life Van Heeckeren was born in Zutphen in the Netherlands, the son of Evert Frederik baron van Heeckeren van Enghuizen, a Dutch major and courtier, and Henriette Johanna Susanna Maria des H.R.R. Countess of Nassau-la Lecq, one of nine children.

Van Heeckeren’s first post was as an officer in the Dutch Navy, stationed in Toulon. Later he was employed by Napoleon, who awarded him the title Baron de l'Empire. In 1822 Van Heeckeren was the acting agent for the Dutch in St. Petersburg. After Georges d'Anthès’s duel with the poet Alexander Pushkin (who died from injuries), Jacob was recalled from St. Petersburg.

Van Heeckeren tot Enghuizen was a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, and was a bearer of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown, awarded 25 August 1863.

From 14 July 1872 until his death he was Minister of State for the Netherlands, an honorary title given to the country's most prominent retired politicians or civil servants. Van Heeckeren died in Paris.