de BROUCKERE Charles Marie Joseph Ghislain
Son of Charles de BROUCKERE ( born on 06 October 1757 in Torhout and died on 29 April 1850 in Bruges) and de STOOP Charlotte Marie Anne Colette (born 24 September 1767 in Bruges, died 19 April 1846). He was born on 26 February 1796 in Bruges and died on 20 April 1860 in Brussels. Buried in the Brussels cemetery in Evere (lawn 8, large roundabout, near lawn 14). Married to VISSCHERS Marie Gertrude (born 03 September 1798 in Maastricht (Netherlands), died 07 February 1876 in Brussels).
3 children were born of this union:
de BROUCKEREAlfred born on 19 January 1817 in Maastricht (Netherlands)
de BROUCKERE Elisabeth Marie Charlotte born on 27 July 1820 in Maastricht (Netherlands)
de BROUCKERE Caroline born on 30 July 1822 in Maastricht (Netherlands)
de BROUCKERE Charles Marie Joseph Ghislain had 4 brothers and sisters, whose names follow :
de BROUCKERE Pauline Marie Ghislaine
de BROUCKERE Marie Pauline
de BROUCKERE Henri Ghislain Joseph Marie Hyacinthe
de BROUCKERE Edouard Bernard Edmond.
Biography :
1815 - Artillery officer.
1824 - Member of the Provincial States and the Permanent Deputation of Limburg.
1826 - Member of the Second Chamber of the States General.
1830 - Colonel of artillery. - Military governor of the province of Liège. - Member of the Constitution Committee - member of the National Congress.
1831 - Aide-de-camp to the King
1831 and 1832 - Member of the House of Representatives, Minister of Finance, Minister of the Interior and of War.
1834 - Professor at the University of Liège.
1835 - Director of the Bank of Belgium.
1847 - Member of the Brussels Municipal Council.
Between 1851 and 1856 - 1857 and 1860 member of the House of Representatives.
1851 and 1855 - Chairman of the Belgian commission at the Universal Exhibitions in London and Paris.
Between 1848 and 1860 -Mayor of Brussels.
Sources :
https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/fr/la-collection/guillaume-geefs-charles-de-brouckere-bourgmestre-de-bruxelles-1796-1860
https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QafP68ePjb92BRd8L8EbTp1DiQYt8Gxn7jOboZSUwuH058d7EigUMqko00tH91YMv6CdjmQ2bAamOlPaYWG9HybO6Lax-DxH_aRSXt5WbgfIbGLQEtVlaVGLdmtosqPafnHt3vd-o3I6LMM7Bz_tLdDfwt9WvgGomxXmwAijTYf1SwOeDI8ya8UrQ469DcvB6rQswfQWb1MnY1jiMJ7L5CNMwcz2YX66P1iyQe1-srzkdebBlfJlI_z1ydks0nFTW_o90HtuDpbiEGc7Oi6FJ4c7Jzqsog
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Brouck%C3%A8re
https://books.google.be/books?id=3ow8AAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7&hl=fr&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=f
Thierry Luthers, Last known address, a guide to the graves of prominent Belgians, tome 2: Région bruxelloise et commune à facilités, Editions Luc Pire, 2018, page 31
Contextual biography
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