Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel

Dutch statesman, born in Middelburg, SW Netherlands. He became Grand Pensionary of Zeeland in 1785 and of Holland (1787–95). A supporter of the House of Orange, he consistently opposed the French and arranged alliances with England and Prussia. The spy Etta Palm kept him provided with information on France during 1788–92. He remained in The Netherlands when the Stadtholder and his family left in 1795, but was imprisoned. Released in 1798, he went to Germany for discussions with the hereditary Prince of Orange and to consider changes to the Constitution.

Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel (January 19, 1736 - May 7, 1800 ) was Grand Pensionary of Zeeland and, from November 9, 1787 to February 4, 1795, of Holland. Van de Spiegel was tbe last Grand Pensionary of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, which was replaced with the Batavian Republic modelled after the French revolutionary state.