Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761 - 1825), Lord of Nyenhuis, Peckedam and Gellicum, was a Dutch politician of the Batavian Republic and an investor in the Holland Land Company. He studied law at Leiden University between 1781 and 1784. He became a lawyer in Amsterdam in 1784. He was one of the leaders of the revolution against William V, Prince of Orange, when the French army defeated the Dutch in January 1795.

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Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761 - 1825), Lord of Nyenhuis, Peckedam and Gellicum, was a Dutch politician of the Batavian Republic and an investor in the Holland Land Company. He studied law at Leiden University between 1781 and 1784. He became a lawyer in Amsterdam in 1784. He was one of the leaders of the revolution against William V, Prince of Orange, when the French army defeated the Dutch in January 1795.

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