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...

 Pieter Godfried Maria van Meeuwen ('s-Hertogenbosch 1899- Ulestraten

Ulestraten

Ulestraten is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Meerssen. It is surrounded by several forests.Ulestraten was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Meerssen....

 1982) 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 and a politician.

Van Meeuwen studied law at Leiden University

Leiden University

Leiden University , located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Eighty Years' War. The royal Dutch House of Orange-Nassau and Leiden University still have a close...

. After working as a 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...

 in 's-Hertogenbosch he was president of the Court of Justice

Court of Justice

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 in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, finally to become a member of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. From 1956-1969 he was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands and House of Representatives of the Netherlands.

Private life

Van Meeuwen married Louisa Augusta Johanna Maria van Lanschot; they had five children.

Distinction

• Order of the Netherlands Lion
• Order of Orange-Nassau
  Order of Orange-Nassau
  The Order of Orange-Nassau is a military and civil order of the Netherlands which was created on 4 April 1892 by the Queen regent Emma of the Netherlands, acting on behalf of her under-age daughter Queen Wilhelmina. The Order is a chivalry order open to "everyone who have earned special merits for...