James Loudon (politician)

Jonkheer James Loudon (8 June 1824 – 31 May 1900) was a Dutch politician. He was Minister of Colonial Affairs in the Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra cabinet (1861–1862), King's Commissioner in South Holland (1862–1871), and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1872–1875). He was the father of politician John Loudon.

The ship Gouverneur Generaal Loudon (1875) was named after him.

He was made a Jonkheer in 1884.

Honors

• Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1860)
• Commander in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1862)
• Grand Officer in the Order of the Oak Crown (1868)
• Grand Cross in the Order of the Oak Crown (1871)
• Knight First Class in the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (1879)

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