QUIRIJN MAURITS RUDOLPH VERHUELL

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Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Ver Huell (also Verhuell or VerHuell, Zutphen 11 September 1787 - Arnhem 10 May 1860) was a Dutch naval officer, writer, painter, watercolorist and entomologist. He joined the navy and rose from rank to rank in French and later Dutch service. Under his uncle Carel Hendrik Ver Huell he fought against the English. Shortly after his appointment he received the Military Order... Read more

Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Ver Huell (also Verhuell or VerHuell, Zutphen 11 September 1787 - Arnhem 10 May 1860) was a Dutch naval officer, writer, painter, watercolorist and entomologist.

He joined the navy and rose from rank to rank in French and later Dutch service. Under his uncle Carel Hendrik Ver Huell he fought against the English. Shortly after his appointment he received the Military Order of William 3rd class, for his "conduct during the campaign against the insurgents in the Moluccas".

In 1839 he became director and commander of the Navy in the main department of the Meuse. From 1834 to 1850 he was director of the Navy in Rotterdam.

After that time he lived without office in Arnhem, where he died on May 10, 1860. In 1821 he married Mrs. Christina Louisa Johanna Hester de Vaynes van Brakell (1796-1863), watercolourist, member of the De Vaynes van Brakell family. The draftsman Alexander Ver Huell is their son.

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