MWO Grand Cros & Commander

De Militaire Willemsorde (MWO)

(‘Military Order of William’)

By Geert van Uythoven

RIDDER GROOTKRUIS (‘KNIGHT’S GRAND CROSS’)

B

- Barclay de Tolly, M.B., Field Marshal (1759-1818)(KB No.7, 27 August 1815)

- Blücher von Wahlstadt, Feldmarschall Prinz G.L. (1742-1819)(KB No. 15, 8 July 1815)

- Bülow von Dennewitz, General-Lieutnant Friedrich Wilhelm Graf (1742-1816)(KB No. 15, 8 July 1815)

- Gneisenau, General A.W.A.N. Graf von (1760-1831)(KB No.15, 8 July 1815)

- Hessen-Darmstadt, Prinz Christian Ludwig von (1763-1830)(KB No. 44, 3 August 1815)

- Janssens, General Jhr. Jan Willem (1762-1838)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815)

- Kinsbergen, Admiraal Jhr. Jan Hendrik van (1735-1819)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

- Krayenhoff, Lieutenant-General Cornelis Rudolphus Theodorus Baron (1758-1840)(KB No.118, 12 May 1823, for building the defences of the Southern Frontier)

- Limburg Stirum, Luitenant-Generaal Leopold Graaf van (1758-1840)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

- Oranje-Nassau, Prins Willem Frederik George Lodewijk van; commander Netherlands Mobile Army (1792-1849)(KB No.15, 8 July 1815, for former services)

- Oranje-Nassau, Prince (Willem) Frederik Karel; commander 2nd Netherlands Army Corps (1797-1881)(KB No.75, 18 August 1831, for the Tiendaagse Veldtocht in Belgium 1831]

- Preußen, Prinz Wilhelm von (1783-1849)(KB No.15, 8 July 1815)

- Schwarzenberg, Field Marshal Prinz Karl Phillippe von (1771-1820)(KB No.7, 27 August 1815)

- Vincent, General-Lieutnant N.K. Baron de (1757-1834)(KB No. 44, 3 August 1815)

- Wellington, Field Marshal Arthur Duke of (1769-1852)(KB No.15, 8 July 1815)

- Wrede, Field Marshal Charles Philippe Joseph Fűrst von (1767-1838)(KB No.7, 27 August 1815)

- Wurtemberg, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von (1781-1864)(KB No.7, 27 August 1815)

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COMMANDEUR (‘COMMANDER’)

A

- Alava, Lieutenant-General Don M. d’ (1772-1843)(KB No.7, 27 August 1815)

- Aubremé, Major-General Alexander Carel Joseph Gislain Count d’ (1773-1835)(KB No.76, 24 May 1821]

B

- Bentinck, Lieutenant-General Carel Baron (1751-1825)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

- Bentinck tot Buckhorst, Lieutenant-General B.H. Baron (1753-1830)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815 for former services)

- Brienen van Ramerus, Major-General Gijsbert Carel Rutger Reinier Baron van (1771-1821)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815 for former services)

C

- Chassé, Lieutenant-General David Hendrik Baron; commander 3de Nederlandsche Divisie (1765-1849)(KB No.15, 8 July 1815, for Waterloo)[became Grand Cross MWO KB No.63, 25 December 1832, for his defence of the Citadel of Antwerp]

- Collaert, Lieutenant-General Jean Antoine Baron de, commander Divisie Nederlandsche Cavalerie (1761-1816)(KB No.15, 8 July 1815)

- Constant Rebecque, Major-General Jean Victor Baron de; Quartermaster-General of the 1st Army Corps (1773-1850)(KB No.15, 8 July 1815)

- Constant Rebecque de Villars, Lieutenant-General Guillaume Anne baron de; Governor of Maastricht (1750-1838)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

E

- Evers, Lieutenant-General Carel (Charles) Joseph Baron; cavalry (1773-1818)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

F

- Fagel, Lieutenant-General Robert Baron (1771-1856)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

G

- Geen, Lieutenant-General Joseph Jacobus Baron van (1773-1846)(KB No.229, 4 July 1829)

- Goltz, Major-General Frederik Adriaan Count van der (1770-1849)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815)

H

- Heldring, Lieutenant-General Gerard Hendrik von (1751-1835)(KB No.76, 24 May 1821)

- Hessen, Frederik, Landgraaf van; Former general and governor of Maastricht in service of the Republiek der Vereenigde Nederlanden, at this time general of the infantry in Danish service (1747-1837)(La.I²., 24 November 1816)

- Hill, Lieutenant-General Lord Rowland; in British service, commanding 2nd Army Corps ( -1842)(KB No.7, 27 August 1815)

K

- Kikkert, Vice-Admiral A. (1762-1819)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

- Kinckel, Vice-Admiral H.A. Baron van (1747-1821)(KB No.70, 18 July 1815)

- Kock, Major-General Hendrik Merkus Baron de; Chief of Staff of the Indian Brigade during the Waterloo Campaign (1779-1845)(KB No.36, 14 November 1821, for the 2nd expedition to Palembang (Dutch East-Indies) 1821)[became Knight’s Grand Cross MWO KB No.53, 25 October 1830, for the war in Java (Dutch East-Indies) 1825-1830]

- Krayenhoff, Lieutenant-General Cornelis Rudolphus Theodorus Baron; Engineers (1758-1840)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)[became Knight’s Grand Cross MWO KB No.118, 12 May 1823, for building the defences of the Southern Frontier]

M

- Maureillau, Lieutenant-General J.E.C.P. Baron de; in French service (1772-1829)(KB No.42, 17 February 1820)

- Melvill van Carnbée, Vice-Admiral P. Baron (1743-1826)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

- Müffling, Lieutenant-General F.K.F. Baron von; in Prussian service (1775-1851)(La.E⁴., 22 march 1819)

- Murray, Lieutenant-General A.J.G. Count van; in Austrian service (1774-1848)(La.I²., 24 November 1816)

O

- Oranje-Nassau, Prince (Willem) Frederik Karel; commander 2nd Netherlands Army Corps (1797-1881)(KB No.15, 8 July 1815)[became Knight’s Grand Cross MWO KB No.75, 18 August 1831, for the Tiendaagse Veldtocht in Belgium 1831]

P

- Perponcher Sedlnitzky, Lieutenant-General H.G. Count de; commanding the 2e Nederlandsche Divisie (1771-1856)(KB No.15, 8 July 1815)

- Plaat, Lieutenant-General Andreas Johan Hendrik van der; Engineers (1761-1819)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

- Pont, Major-General A. Willem du; General-Inspector of the Artillery (1751-1829)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815 for former services)

R

- Reede, Major-General W.F. Count van (1770-1838)(KB No.76, 24 May 1821)

- Reggio, Marshal Nicolas-Charles Oudinot, Duke of; in French service (1767-1847)(La.I²., 24 November 1816)

S

- Saxen Weimar Eisenach, Colonel Prince Karel, Bernhard Hertog van; commander 2nd Brig/2de Nederlandsche Divisie (1792-1862)(KB No.76, 24 May 1821)[became Knight’s Grand Cross MWO KB No.1, 8 October 1842]

- Sweerts de Landas, Lieutenant-General Jacob Dirk Baron (1759-1829)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

T

- Tindal, Lieutenant-General Ralph Dundas Baron (1773-1834)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

- Trip (van Zoutlandt), Major-General Jhr. Albert Dominique; commanding Heavy Cavalry Brigade, Divisie Nederlandsche Cavalerie (1776-1835)(KB No.15, 8 July 1815)

- Tchernicheff, Lieutenant-General A.I. Count; in Russian service (1786-1857)(KB No.69, 27 November 1815)

U

- Uxbridge, Anglesey Count of, H.W. Paget Marquis of; commanding the Division British and Hanoverian Cavalry (1768-1854)(KB No.7, 27 August 1815)

V

- Valentini, Major-General G.W. Baron von; in Prussian service (1775-1834)(KB No.31, 10 November 1821)

- Verdooren, Vice-Admiral G. (1757-1824)(KB No.16, 8 July 1815, for former services)

W

- Witzleben, Major-General J.W. von; in Prussian service (1783-1837)(KB No.43, 20 September 1825)