Jan Karel van Goltstein

Jan Karel, Baron van Goltstein (30 May 1794, Arnhem – 17 February 1872, The Hague) was a Dutch lawyer and independent politician. He became a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands in 1840. He was president of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands twice in the periods 19 February 1849 - 20 August 1850 and 19 September 1856 - 11 March 1858. From 5 March 1858 to 23 February 1860 he was the foreign minister in the Rochussen cabinet. Afterwards he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for another 9 years and a member of the senate for 1.5 years.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Willem Boreel van Hogelanden
Speaker of the House of Representatives
1849–1850
Succeeded by
Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist
Preceded by
Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest
Speaker of the House of Representatives
1856–1858
Succeeded by
Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye


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