CREMERS, E. OUD-MINISTER VAN BUITENLANDSCHE ZAKEN, Mijne verdediging tegen den aanval van mr. J.P.J.A. Graaf van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Minister van Buitenlandsche Zaken

l Epimachus Jacobus Johannes Baptista (Eppo) Cremers (15 June 1823 in Groningen – 27 October 1896 in Zürich) was a Dutch politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 1864 to June 1866 and thrice Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands in between 1884 and 1888. His opponent J. P. J. A. Graaf van Zuylen van Nijevelt Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan, Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt (19 August 1819 – 1 July 1894) was a conservative Dutch politician. he served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands (chairman of the Council of Ministers) from 1866 to 1868. He also served as minister of Foreign Affairs from 1860 to 1861, and again from 1866 tot 1868.