Goswin de Stassart

In 1810 he became Prefect of the Departments of the Vaucluse and in 1811 of the Estuaries of the Meuse. After the second Austrian restoration he lived on his estate near Namur, until the city of Namur in 1822 sent him to the second chamber of parliament of the Netherlands, where he belonged to the opposition. After the outbreak of the Belgian revolution in Brussels in September 1830 he was among the delegates of the southern provinces, which were summoned to The Hague. In 1831 he returned to Belgium, where he became a member of the National Congress and a member of the Provisional Government as well as the Senate. In this position he served seven parliamentary sessions as president of the parliament. In 1834 he was appointed by the government as the governor of Brabant. However, in 1838 he had to resign both. In 1840 he became for a short time envoy in Turin.

The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands and Senator of Belgium. Distinctions recorded are Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown and Officer of the Order of Leopold.

• Name — Goswin de Stassart • Office — President of the Senate • Term Start — 12 September 1831 • Term End — 13 November 1838 • Predecessor — Position established • Successor — Louis de Schiervel • Born — 2 September 1780 • Birthplace — Mechelen, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) • Died — 16 October 1854 • Place of death — Brussels, Belgium • Party — Liberal Party

Recorded positions include member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, Senator of Belgium, Prefect of Bouches-de-la-Meuse, Prefect of Vaucluse and President of the Belgian Senate. He belonged to Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, Academy of Sciences of Turin and Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen.

Goswin de Stassart is recorded as having received Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class and Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown.