Family
Hiddingh was the second son of Willem Hiddingh (1773-1839) and Anna Margaretha van der Poel (1780-1854). His father was a member of a prominent old Dutch family from the province of Drenthe, where he practised as lawyer. As a supporter of the Orange political faction in the Netherlands, Willem Hiddingh found himself out of place under the revolutionary Batavian government, and requested for an appointment in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1802 he was appointed member of the Raad van Justitie (Council of Justice) in Cape Town and moved there. He kept this position for twenty-five years under both Dutch and British rule, until his retirement in 1827.
Hiddingh married Assen 11 May 1852 with Georgina Aleijda Oosting (1822-1898), a daughter of Hendrik Jan Oosting, mayor of Assen, and Mana Hofstede. The couple had twelve children, seven sons and five daughters.
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