Willem Eduard Bok, Jr.

Infobox Officeholder
name=Willem Eduard Bok, Jr.

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order=Justice in the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa
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term_end=
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birth_date=birth date|1880|01|01|df=y
birth_place=Pretoria, South African Republic
death_date=death date and age|1956|10|29|1880|01|01
death_place=Pretoria, Union of South Africa
spouse1=Martina Gerardina Johanna Eekhout
profession=lawyer
religion=Dutch Reformed

Willem Eduard Bok, Jr., (Pretoria, South African Republic 1 January 1880 – Pretoria, Union of South Africa, 29 October 1956) was a South African lawyer and judge of Dutch descent.

Biography

Career

Bok studied law in England, before setting up a law practice in his home town of Pretoria. He was the private secretary of general Louis Botha. Later in life Bok became a justice in the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa. cite journal|title=Bok | pages = 34]

Family

Bok was the eldest son of Willem Eduard Bok (1846-1904), State Secretary of the South African Republic, and Martina Gerardina Johanna Eekhout (1856-1910). [cite journal|title=Bok | pages = 33]

He married Pretoria 19 December 1907 with Maria Everdina Jacoba Kleyn (1880-1975), with whom he had four children.

References

Notes

Literature

*cite journal|title=Bok (Paesens, Oostdongeradeel)|journal = Nederland's Patriciaat|volume = 64| pages = 10-37| publisher = Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie| location = Den Haag| date = 1978

Persondata
NAME = Willem Eduard Bok, Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = South African lawyer and judge
DATE OF BIRTH = 1 January 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH = Pretoria, South African Republic
DATE OF DEATH = 29 October 1956
PLACE OF DEATH = Pretoria, Union of South Africa