Jan van Hooff (politician)

Johan Frederik Rudolph "Jan" van Hooff (26 August 1755 – 13 June 1816, in Utrecht) was a Dutch Patriot politician and statesman.

Fearing that the insurrection would spread to the Generality Lands, the States-General posted a garrison in Eindhoven; Van Hooff left the town.

The French were subsequently pushed back by the Austrians, but took permanent possession of the town following the 1794 Battle of Fleurus.

Van Hooff became a member of the Batavian Revolutionary Committee that year, but got into a conflict with Maximilien Robespierre.

He remained in freedom until the coup of 22 January 1798, after which he was arrested and imprisoned — first at the Gevangenpoort in The Hague, later at the Palace Huis Ten Bosch.