Rutger Jan, Count Schimmelpenninck, Lord of Nyenhuis, Peckedam and Gellicum, was a Dutch jurist, ambassador and politician who served as Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic from 1805 to 1806. Historian Niek Sas called him the first Dutch liberal politician.
- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, lawyer
- Position held
- member of the Senate of the Netherlands, member of the Sénat conservateur, Grand Pensionary, ambassador
- Citizenship
- Dutch Republic, Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Born
- October 31, 1761
- Died
