Jacques Thiers, a Dutch general, born at Gorcum in 1759. At an early age he entered the army, and in 1792 had risen to the rank of colonel. In the following year he served with distinction in the campaign between his country and France; but on the conquest of Holland and the flight of the stadtholder, to whom he was warmly attached, he left the service, and remained in retirement till 1813. On the retreat of the French from Holland, the provisional government raised Sweerts to the rank of general; and in that capacity he did much to bring about the restoration of the Orange family. William Frederick, on his accession, appointed him governor of the palace at the Hague, where he died in 1820.