List of Grand Pensionaries

The following is a list of Grand pensionaries of Holland, Zeeland and the Batavian Republic. During the time of the Dutch Republic, the Grand Pensionary was the most prominent member of the government. Though officially only a civil servant of the Estates, the Grand Pensionary was the de facto leader of the entire republic, second only to the stadtholder, and often served in a capacity similar to that of today's prime ministers.

## Holland[edit]

### In the Seventeen Provinces[edit]

Grand Pensionaries of the province of Holland during the time of the Seventeen Provinces:

Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office

|
|

| Barthout van Assendelft
(ca. 1440–1502) | 1480  | 1489
| Jan Bouwensz
(ca. 1452–1514) | 1489  | 1494
| Barthout van Assendelft
(ca. 1440–1502) | 1494  | 1497
| Frans Coebel van der Loo
(ca. 1470–1532) | 1500  | 1513
| Albrecht van Loo
(ca. 1470–1532) | 1513  | 1524
| Aert van der Goes
(1475–1545) | May
1525  | January
1544
| Adriaen van der Goes
(ca. 1505-1560) | 30 January
1544  | 5 November
1560
| Jacob van den Eynde
(ca. 1515-1570) | 1560  | 1568

### In the Dutch Republic[edit]

Holland formally adopted the Act of Abjuration in 1581 to become a province in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. Grand Pensionaries of the province of Holland during the time of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands:

Prince's Faction

States' Faction

Unknown/neutral

Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office

|
|

|  | Paulus Buys
(1531–1594) | 1572  | 16 March
1584
|  | Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
(1547–1619) | 16 March
1586  | 12 May
1619
|  | Andries de Witt
(1573–1637) | 12 May
1619  | 1621
|  | Anthonie Duyck
(1560–1629) | 1621  | 1629
|  | Jacob Cats
(1577–1660) | 1629  | 1631
|  | Adriaan Pauw
(1585–1653) | 1631  | 1636
|  | Jacob Cats
(1577–1660) | 1636  | 1651
|  | Adriaan Pauw
(1585–1653) | 1651  | 30 July
1653
|  | Johan de Witt
(1625–1672) | 30 July
1653  | 4 August
1672
|  | Gaspar Fagel
(1634–1688) | 20 August
1672  | 5 December
1688
|  | Michiel ten Hove
(1640–1689) | 5 December
1688  | 24 March
1689
|  | Anthonie Heinsius
(1641–1720) | 27 May
1689  | 3 August
1720
|  | Isaac van Hoornbeek
(1655–1727) | 12 September
1720  | 17 June
1727
|  | Simon van Slingelandt
(1664–1736) | 17 July
1727  | 1 December
1736
|  | Anthonie van der Heim
(1693–1746) | 4 April
1737  | 7 July
1746
|  | Willem Buys
(1661–1749) | 7 July
1746  | 23 September
1746
|  | Jacob Gilles
(1691–1765) | 23 September
1746  | 18 June
1749
|  | Pieter Steyn
(1706–1772) | 18 June
1749  | 5 November
1772
|  | Pieter van Bleiswijk
(1724–1790) | 18 June
1772  | 5 November
1787
|  | Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel
(1736–1800) | 9 November
1787  | 9 February
1795

## Zeeland[edit]

Grand Pensionaries of the province of Zeeland during the time of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands:

Prince's Faction

States' Faction

Unknown/neutral

Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office

|
|

|  | Christoffel Roels
(1540–1597) | 3 July
1578  | 18 May
1597
|  | Johan van de Warck
(died 1615) | 25 March
1599  | 24 November
1614
|  | Bonifacius de Jonge
(1567–1625) | 18 February
1615  | June
1625
|  | Johan Boreel
(1577–1629) | 28 October
1625  | 1 November
1629
|  | Boudewijn de Witte | 19 February
1630  | 23 March
1641
|  | Cornelis Adriaansz. Stavenisse
(1595–1649) | 19 April
1641  | 28 May
1649
|  | Johan de Brune
(1589–1658) | 16 August
1649  | 7 November
1658
|  | Adriaan Veth
(1608–1663) | 29 November
1658  | 25 November
1663
|  | Pieter de Huybert
(1622–1697) | 19 March
1664  | 9 October
1687
|  | Jacob Verheije
(1640–1718) | 10 October
1687  | 16 August
1718
|  | Caspar van Citters
(1674–1734) | 28 November
1718  | 28 September
1734
|  | Dignus Francois Keetlaer
(1674–1750) | 2 November
1734  | 23 March
1750
|  | Johan Pieter Recxstoot
(1701–1756) | 31 May
1751  | 31 January
1756
|  | Jacob du Bon
(c. 1695–1760) | 3 January
1757  | 1 June
1760
|  | Wilhem van Citters
(1723–1802) | 15 December
1760  | 25 May
1766
|  | Adriaan Steengracht
(1731–1770) | 26 May
1766  | 6 May
1770
|  | Johan Marinus Chalmers
(1720–1796) | 13 August
1770  | 12 May
1785
|  | Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel
(1737–1800) | 22 September
1785  | 24 April
1788
|  | Willem Aarnoud van Citters
(1741–1811) | 25 April
1788  | 1795

## Batavian Republic[edit]

Grand Pensionaries of the Batavian Republic:

Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Faction

|
|
|

| Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck
(1761–1825) | 15 May
1805  | 4 June
1806  | Moderate
| Carel de Vos van Steenwijk
(1759–1830) | 4 June
1806  | 18 June
1806  | Federalist

## See also[edit]

* List of vice-presidents of the Council of State
* List of prime ministers of the Netherlands

*[c.]: circa