Anthonie van der Heim
Dutch politician, urban magistrate and judge in Rotterdam, Grand Pensionary of Holland (1693-1746)
Anthonie van der Heim (28 November 1693, in The Hague – 17 July 1746, in 's-Hertogenbosch) was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 4 April 1737 to 17 July 1746.
Biography
Van der Heim was the son of Anthonie Gerritsz van der Heim, councillor in the Supreme Court, and Catharina Heinsius. His uncle was Grand Pensionary Anthonie Heinsius.
From 1709, he studied law in Leiden, where he obtained his doctorate in 1711. On 28 December of that year, he defended his dissertation Disputatio juridica inauguralis ad Leg. 18C de transactionibus.
In 1710, Van der Heim began his career as secretary of the Generaliteitsrekenkamer (Financial audit institution). In this position, his talent for finance became apparent. In 1727, he succeeded Simon van Slingelandt, who had been appointed Grand Pensionary of Holland, as Treasurer-General of the Union.
After Van Slingelandt's death in 1736, Van der Heim and a number of others came into the picture for the office of Grand Pensionary.
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