Joseph Van Crombrugghe (Ghent

Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

, 22 September 1770 - Ghent

Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

, 10 March 1842) was a lawyer and a politician in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands

United Kingdom of the Netherlands

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 and later in Belgium

Belgium

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He was member of the provincial council (Dutch: Provinciale Staten) of Oost-Vlaanderen (1816–1817), member of the House of Commons of the Staten-Generaal (1817–1824), burgomaster

Burgomaster

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 of Sint-Martens-Leerne (1820–1825), burgomaster of Ghent

Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

 (1825–1836, 1840–1842) and a member of the Provincial Council of Oost-Vlaanderen (1836–1842) for the liberal party

Liberal Party (Belgium)

The Liberal Party was a Belgian political party that existed from 1846 until 1961, when it became the Party for Freedom and Progress, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang/Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès or PVV-PLP, under the leadership of Omer Vanaudenhove.-History:The Liberal Party was founded...

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Source

• Joseph Van Crombrugghe (Liberal archive)