Count Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem (1819–1882) was a
Belgian engineer and liberal politician. He was a son of the Ghent burgomaster
Constant de Kerchove de Denterghem
Count Constant de Kerchove de Denterghem (31 December 1790 – 12 July 1865) was a Belgian liberal politician. He was a son of Jean de Kerchove and Sabine della Faille d'Assenede, both descendants of Flemish nobility. He was a nephew of Jozef-Seb ...
. His son Oswald would become Provincial Governor of
Hainaut.
Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem was
burgomaster of
Ghent (1857–1881), provincial Council member for
East Flanders and senator for the
liberal party. Under his rule the municipal public education in Ghent would be significantly expanded. A street in Ghent is named after him, the Charles de Kerchove Lane. He was succeeded as burgomaster of Ghent, by his son-in-law
Hippolyte Lippens
Hippolyte Lippens (16 October 1847 – 31 December 1906) was a lawyer, manager of sugar factories and a Belgian liberal politician. He was a son of Auguste Lippens, burgomaster of Moerbeke-Waas, and he married in 1873, with Louise de Kerckhove ...
. In 1875, he became President of the ''Maatschappij voor Hofbouw- en Kruidtuinkunde'' and a strong supporter of the ''Gentse Floraliën'', which would become an international fair on botany.
Sources
Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem(Liberal Archive)
1819 births
1882 deaths
Mayors of Ghent
Flemish nobility
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