This article is about the politician. For his son, see Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst.
This is a Dutch name; the family name is Van Voorst tot Voorst, not Voorst.
Jan Joseph Godfried baron van Voorst tot Voorst Sr. (Elden, 16 September 1846 – Arnhem, 17 January 1931) was a Dutch politician and lieutenant-general of the Dutch army.[1]
He was a member of the RKSP and was President of the Senate between 1914 and 1929. He was preceded by Jan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye and was succeeded by Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk.
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