Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Boreel, Jacobus
Boreel, Jacobus, ambassador extraordinary from the Belgian federation to Great Britain, created D.C.L. 3 July, 1759 (son of John Hieronimus, 'echevin' at Amsterdam), died 4 April, 1778; his son William is said to have succeeded to a baronetcy created by Charles I. and to be ancestor of a baronet now bearing his name, but see Foster's Baronetage, 'Chaos.'