Elbert de Hochepied

Elbert de Hochepied, 2nd Baron de Hochepied (6 January 1706 – 11 February 1763) 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 (1657–1733) and Daniël Johan de Hochepied, 1st Baron de Hochepied (1657–1723), who was Dutch Consul at Smyrna, from 1688 to 1723. Among his siblings were Justinus Constantinus de Hochepied, Jacobus Byzantinus de Hochepied (who married Margarita Constantia van der Wielen), Daniël Alexander, Count de Hochepied (wife of Catherine Frémeaux), Petronella Jacoba de Hochepied (who married Gaspard de Fontenu), and Gertrude de Hochepied (wife of John Cooke, English Consul at Smyrna). His maternal grandparents were Maria Engelbert and Justinus Colyer, the Dutch Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1668 to 1782 (who was a half-brother to Sir Alexander Colyear, 1st Baronet). 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.