Elbert de Hochepied
Elbert de Hochepied, 2nd Baron de Hochepied was a Dutch politician and diplomat, who represented the Dutch Republic at the Sublime Porte.
Early life
Hochepied was born in Smyrna on 6 January 1706. He was the son of Clara Catharina Colyer and Daniël Johan de Hochepied, 1st Baron de Hochepied, who was Dutch Consul at Smyrna, from 1688 to 1723. Among his siblings were Justinus Constantinus de Hochepied, Jacobus Byzantinus de Hochepied, Daniël Alexander, Count de Hochepied, Petronella Jacoba de Hochepied, and Gertrude de Hochepied.His maternal grandparents were Maria Engelbert and Justinus Colyer, the Dutch Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1668 to 1782. His uncle, Jacobus Colyer, was also the Dutch Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. His paternal grandparents were Geertruyd Spiegel and silk merchant Jan Baptista Bathiste de Hochepied, burgher of Amsterdam. His uncle, Jan Baptista de Hochepied, married Agneta de Graeff, a daughter of Pieter de Graeff, republican minded aristocrat and Amsterdam regent, president-bewindhebber of the VOC and brother-in-law of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt.
Career
The title of Baron and Magnate was conferred on his father, with limitation to his issue, by letters patent of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, under the great seal of the Kingdom of Hungary, given at Vienna, at the 8th April 1704.In 1747, he succeeded Cornelis Calkoen to become the Dutch Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Hochepied served under stadtholders William IV and William V during the reign of sultans Mahmud I, Osman III, and Mustafa III.
Personal life
On 15 November 1735, Hochepied was married to Anna Margaretha Boelema at Haarlem. She was the only daughter of Gerard Boelema, burgomaster of Haarlem, and Anna Craye. Together, they were the parents of:- Clarissa Catherine de Hochepied, who married Sir James Porter, the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, in 1755.
- Gerard Johannes de Hochepied, 3rd Baron de Hochepied, who married Sarah-Anne Gerlacias, daughter of John-Hermann Gerlacias.
Descendants
Through his son Gerard, he was a grandfather of Adrian William Elbert de Hochepied, 4th Baron de Hochepied, who died unmarried at the Hague and was succeeded by his brother, Hugo Balthazar de Hochepied, 5th Baron de Hochepied, who also died unmarried at the Hague. The title reverted, under the limitation of the letters patent, to his first cousin, George Porter.Through his daughter Clarissa, he was a grandfather of Anna Porter and George de Hochepied, 6th Baron de Hochepied.