Baron Jacob Derk Carel van Heeckeren van Kell (October 31, 1730 – July 11, 1795) was a member of the Dutch noble family

van Heeckeren Van Heeckeren is an old Dutch noble family from the Dutch provinces Overijssel and Gelderland. History The earliest bearer of the name may have taken it from the town of Ekeren, which was also referred to in 1167 as ''Hecerna''. The oldest kn ...

. Van Heeckeren studied law at

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.J.D.C. van Heeckeren
Before 1752 he was working for prince William IV and later became advisor to prince William V. In 1780 he was named constable. Among his political duties he was the special deputy to

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

and Overmaas, he also was

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Heerlen Heerlen (; li, Heële ) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of Limburg. ...

. When exactly he became schout of Heerlen is unknown, however he was schout before 1756 and remained schout till 1795, when Heerlen was taken over by

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. Genealogie van JACOB VAN HEECKEREN
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1730 births 1795 deaths History of Limburg (Netherlands) People from Heerlen People from Maastricht Barons of the Netherlands {{Europe-noble-stub