Jonkheer Lodewijk Cornelis Josephus Andreas van Meeuwen ('s-Hertogenbosch, 1844 - 's-Hertogenbosch, 1918) was a Dutch

Dutch people

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 lawyer

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 and president of the court.

Lodewijk was a younger brother of Pieter Maria Frans van Meeuwen

Pieter Maria Frans van Meeuwen

Jonkheer Pieter Maria Frans van Meeuwen , was a Dutch jurist and president of the court of justice. He was a member of the Catholic elite and a member of the lower nobility with the title jonkheer....

. He was a 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...

 as a 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...

. He moved to Den Haag but later went back to 's-Hertogenbosch. In 1867-1873 he was a lawyer in 's-Hertogenbosch.

In 1889 Van Meeuwen was a judge

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 of the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

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. Later he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands and president of the Court in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Van Meeuwen's son Eduard Anton Eugène van Meeuwen

Eduard Anton Eugène van Meeuwen

Jonkheer Eduard Anton Eugène van Meeuwen was a Dutch lawyer and president of the Court.Eduard van Meeuwen, son of jhr. Lodewijk Cornelis Josephus Andreas van Meeuwen and scion of the catholic noble family Van Meeuwen , studied law at the university of Leiden and was a lawyer in 's-Hertogenbosch...

followed him as president of the Court.