Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock was a Dutch general and nobleman who served in the Batavian Navy as Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1826 to 1830. He also was Minister of the Interior of the Netherlands from 1836 to 1841.
Portrait by Cornelis Kruseman
De Kock's fleet conquering Palembang in 1821, by Louis Meijer
The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock (1830) by Nicolaas Pieneman
Heusden is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands. It is located between the towns of Waalwijk and 's-Hertogenbosch. The municipality of Heusden, including Herpt, Heesbeen, Hedikhuizen, Doeveren, and Oudheusden, merged with Drunen and Vlijmen in 1997, giving the municipality its current form.
Old harbour in Heusden
Remnants of Castle Heusden
Memorial tablet, Heusden town hall.
Heusden town hall (Summer 2007).