Baron Eduardus (Edouard) Josephus Franciscus de Paulo Osy de Zegwaart (24 March 1832 – 5 December 1900) was a

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politician.

Political career

Edouard Osy de Zegwaart was a member of the provincial council for the canton of Antwerp from 5 July 1864 until 22 May 1876.Steve Heylen, Bart De Nil, Bart D’hondt, Sophie Gyselinck, Hanne Van Herck and Donald Weber, ''Geschiedenis van de provincie Antwerpen. Een politieke biografie'', vol. 2 (Antwerp, Provinciebestuur Antwerpen, 2005), p. 141. He was a

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in the

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from 1877 until 1878 and a member of the

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from 1880 until 1889. In 1888 he was a founding member of the Antwerp section of the

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."Société antiesclavagiste de Belgique", '' Journal de Bruxelles'', 20 October 1888, p. 2. Osy de Zegwaart was governor of the province of

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from 26 January 1889 until his death on 5 December 1900. This made him president of the provincial committee of the Commission Royale des Monuments, in which he took an active interest.Canon Vancaster, "Province d'Ancers",
Bulletin des Commissions Royales d'Art et d'Archéologie
', 40 (1901), p. 186. He died at home, in Hoogboom Castle.

References

1832 births 1900 deaths Governors of Antwerp Province People from Deurne, Belgium {{Flanders-politician-stub