Education
After attending the private school, Van Bouscholte, and Gymnasium Haganum, Beelaets van Blokland studied at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden from 1890 to 1895.
Diplomat judge jurist politician
After attending the private school, Van Bouscholte, and Gymnasium Haganum, Beelaets van Blokland studied at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden from 1890 to 1895.
Beelaerts van Blokland served as Dutch envoy to China. Beelaerts van Blokland accompanied in May 1940 Queen Wilhelmina to London as her chief adviser. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs and then became vice president of the Privy Council (in Dutch: Raad van State), a position he held for 23 years.
He died at the age of 84, still in office.