Hippolyte d'Ursel
Marie Hippolyte Adrien Ludovic, Count d'Ursel (Brussels, 17 November 1850 - 9 December, 1937) was a Belgian nobleman and politician.
Family
Cadet member of the House of Ursel, grand son of Charles, 2nd Duke of Ursel,[1] he held the rank of Count d´Ursel. He married Georgine de Rouillé (1859-1926). He held the political office of member of the Chamber (1894-1900) and sénateur for Bruxelles (1905-1908) for the Catholic Party. He was honoured in the D'Ursel Point.
Count d'Ursel was historian and wrote several works, on family history and Belgium.[2]
Functions
- President of the Belgian Société Antiesclavagiste.[3]
- Président of the Royal Belgian Society of Géographics.
- Commissionary of the Exposition Internationale d'Anvers, 1894.[4]
- Member of the Chamber, (1894-1900).
- Member of the Senat, (1905-1908).
Honours
- Officer in the Order of Leopold.
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Gregory the Great.
Author
- La campagne antiesclavagiste belge racontée par les lettres de Jacques de Dixmuide
Lettres réunis et annot. par Hippolyte d'Ursel.- Jacques de Dixmude, Jules Marie Alphonse (1858-1928) ; d'Ursel, Hippolyte (Editor)/Bruxelles : Goemaere, 1929.
References
- ^ http://www.odis.be/hercules/search2.php?searchMethod=simple&search=ursel
- ^ http://limo.libis.be/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do;jsessionid=39A5FA546A4B040A964954F961274290?vl(freeText0)=+d%27Ursel%2c+Hippolyte++&vl(111441611UI0)=creator&vl(188447027UI1)=all_items&fn=search&tab=all_content_tab&mode=Basic&vid=KULeuven&scp.scps=scope%3a(SCOPE_773)%2cscope%3a(KUL)%2cscope%3a(ODIS)%2cscope%3a(32LIBIS_ALMA_DS_P)%2cprimo_central_multiple_fe&ct=lateralLinking
- ^ The Age of Internationalism and Belgium, 1880-1930: Peace, Progress and Prestige
- ^ Findling, John E; Pelle, Kimberley D (eds.). Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.