Career
He was Minister of Colonial Affairs in the Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra cabinet (1861–1862), King"s Commissioner in South Holland (1862–1871), and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1872–1875). He was the father of politician John Loudon. The ship Gouverneur Generaal Loudon (1875) was named after him.
He was made a Jonkheer in 1884.
