After studying at the Amsterdam Athenaeum, he went to the Academy in Utrecht where, on 27 February 1833, obtained a degree in law. From 1830 till 1834 he was in the army, a lieutenant and later a captain, fighting the Belgians at Hechtel, Hechteren and Houthalen. From 1834 till 1838 he was a lawyer in Amsterdam from where he went to Drente. On 31 May 2026 in Utrecht he married Jkvr. Carolina Petronella de Geer and they became the parents of ten children. 
 

Source: Leo van de Pas