Willem Aernout de Beveren

Willem Aernout de Beveren (4 December 1749 – 17 June 1820) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic and the Staatsbewind.

Early life De Beveren was born in 1749 in Middelburg as the son of minister Antoni Willem de Beveren and Jozina Christina van Citters. De Beveren attended the Latin school in his hometown of Middelburg from 1761 to 1765.

During the coup d'état of 22 January 1798, he was placed under house arrest and later imprisoned in Huis Honselaarsdijk together with the other members of the committee for foreign affairs. He was released following the coup d'état of 12 June 1798. Afterwards, he became councilor of the Court of the . Between 1801 and 1805, he was member of the Staatsbewind.

In 1805, he became member of the Council of Judicature for Means by Water or Land , until it was disestablished by the French in 1811. When the council was re-established as the High Court of Finance and Maritime Affairs in 1814 after the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands was founded, he became a member and remained until 1820.

Personal life On 20 December 1774, he married Sara Maria Pous (1750–1834), with whom he had four children. He was a Reformed Christian.