About Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman
Lived 1832 – 1899 (aged 67). Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman was a Dutch jurist and politician.
Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman (9 January 1832 — 12 July 1899) was the Dutch Governor of Surinam from 1889 to 1891.
Biography De Savornin Lohman studied Roman and contemporary law from 1850 to 1855 at the University of Groningen.
Governor of Surinam His rule of Surinam was controversial. De West-Indiër was the first newspaper to publicly criticize the governor, and was immediately taken to court. He tried to impose taxes on the Maroons in Para District which was met with strong resistance. On 23 December 1889, De Savornin Lohman refused to inform the Estates of Suriname. critic and journalist, and his younger brother Alexander de Savornin Lohman was a politician who briefly served as the Dutch Minister of the Interior.
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Dutch jurist and politician (1832-1899)
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Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman was born on 9 January 1832 in Groningen.
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Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman died on 12 July 1899 in Netherlands, The Hague.
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