Willem Johannes Leyds

Infobox_Officeholder
name=Willem Johannes Leyds


order= State Attorney of the
South African Republic
term_start= 13 October 1884
term_end= 10 January 1889
predecessor=
successor=
order2= State Secretary of the
South African Republic
term_start2= 10 January 1889
term_end2= 31 May 1898
predecessor2=W.E. Bok
successor2=F.W. Reitz
order3=Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of the South African Republic in Europe
term_start3= 1 June 1898
term_end3= 31 May 1902
predecessor3=Jhr. G.J.T. Beelaerts van Blokland
successor3=Office abolished
birth_date=birth date|1859|05|01|df=y
birth_place=Magelang, Dutch East Indies
death_date=death date and age|1940|05|14|1859|05|01|df=y
death_place=The Hague, Netherlands
spouse1=Louise Wilhelmina Suzanna Roeff
spouse2=Anna Grissee
profession=lawyer
occupation= schoolteacher, civil servant
alma_mater=University of Amsterdam
party=
religion=Dutch Reformed

Willem Johannes Leyds (Magelang, Dutch East Indies, 1 May 1859 – The Hague, Netherlands, 14 May 1940) was a Dutch lawyer, who made a career as State Attorney (1884-1889) and State Secretary (1889-1898) of the South African Republic. From 1898 to 1902, during the crucial period of the South African War, he was the Republic’s Special Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary in Brussels, accredited to several European states.

ee also

* Orange Free State
* South African Republic
* Second Boer War
* Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller

Notes

References

* cite book
last= Botha
first= P.R.
authorlink=
title=Die staatkundige ontwikkeling van die Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek onder Krüger en Leyds
origyear=1926
url=
accessdate=
edition=
publisher=
location=Amsterdam
isbn=
* cite book
last= Kröll
first= U.
authorlink=
title=Die internationale Buren-agitation 1899-1902
origyear=1973
url=
accessdate=
edition=
publisher=
location=Münster
isbn=
* cite encyclopedia
last = Krüger
first = D.W.
authorlink =
title = Leyds, Willem Johannes
encyclopedia = Suid-Afrikaanse Biografiese Woordeboek
volume = 3
pages = 529-533
location = Kaapstad & Johannesburg
date = 1976
*cite journal
last = Netscher
first = F.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Dr. W.J. Leyds
journal = Karakters
volume =
issue =
pages =
publisher =
location = Haarlem
date = 1899
url =
doi =
id =
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*cite journal
last = Scholtz
first = G.D.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Dr. W.J. Leyds, 1859-1940
journal = T.W.K.
volume =
issue =
pages =
publisher =
location =
date = June 1941
url =
doi =
id =
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*cite journal
last = van Jaarsveld
first = F.A.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Tyd en geskiedenisbeeld. ’n Metodologies-kritiese ondersoek na die werk van dr. W.J. Leyds
journal = T.W.K.
volume =
issue =
pages =
publisher =
location =
date = April 1954
url =
doi =
id =
accessdate =
* cite encyclopedia
last = van Niekerk
first = L.E.
authorlink =
title = Leyds, Willem Johannes (1859-1940)
encyclopedia = Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
volume = xx
pages = xxx-xxx
location = Oxford
date = 2004
*cite book
last = van Winter
first = P.J.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Onder Krugers Hollanders: geschiedenis van de Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (2 vols.)
publisher = De Bussy
date = 1937-1938
location = Amsterdam
pages =
url =
doi =
id =
isbn =
*cite journal
last = van Winter
first = P.J.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Dr. Leyds en Zuid-Afrika
journal = Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde te Leiden 1941-1942
volume =
issue =
pages = 13-36
publisher = E.J. Brill
location = Leiden
date = 1942
url =
doi =
id =
accessdate =
*cite journal
last = van Winter
first = P.J.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Willem Johannes Leyds. Magelang, 1 Mei 1859 – ’s-Gravenhage, Mei 1940
journal = Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde te Leiden 1941-1942
volume =
issue =
pages = 108-111
publisher = E.J. Brill
location = Leiden
date = 1942
url =
doi =
id =
accessdate =

Persondata
NAME = Leyds, Willem Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = South African civil servant and diplomat, lawyer, historian
DATE OF BIRTH = 1 May 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH = Magelang, Dutch East Indies
DATE OF DEATH = 14 May 1940
PLACE OF DEATH = The Hague, Netherlands