Jonkheer

Jonkheer

Jonkheer is a Dutch honorific of nobility.-Honorific of nobility:"Jonkheer" or "Jonkvrouw" is literally translated as "young lord" or "young lady". In medieval times such a person was a young and unmarried son or daughter of a high ranking knight or nobleman...

 Eduard Anton Eugène van Meeuwen ('s-Hertogenbosch, 1876 - Leiden, 1946) was a Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...

 lawyer

Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

 and president of the Court.

Eduard van Meeuwen, son of jhr. Lodewijk Cornelis Josephus Andreas van Meeuwen

Lodewijk Cornelis Josephus Andreas van Meeuwen

Jonkheer Lodewijk Cornelis Josephus Andreas van Meeuwen was a Dutch lawyer and president of the court....

 and scion of the catholic noble family Van Meeuwen

Van Meeuwen

Van Meeuwen is a Dutch noble family. Many members were bankers, politician, civil servants, lawyers, chief executive officers and diplomats. Some were officers of the Dutch army, members of the House of Representatives and Senate of the Netherlands...

 (titled as a jonkheer), studied law at the university of Leiden and was a lawyer in 's-Hertogenbosch. Between 1930 and 1944 he was a judge and vice-president of the Court and Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands is the highest court of the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Aruba. The Court was established on 1 October 1838 and sits in The Hague, Netherlands....

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