Pieter Maria Frans van Meeuwen
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Jonkheer LLM Pieter Maria Frans van Meeuwen (1837, 's-Hertogenbosch- 1913, 's-Hertogenbosch), was a Dutch jurist and president of the court of justice. He was a member of the catholic noble family Van Meeuwen, with the title of jonkheer.
Van Meeuwen was the son of Eduardus Johannes Petrus van Meeuwen, a governor of Limburg, and Cornelia Theresia Hanssen. Pieter's grandfather was a large brewer in 's-Hertogenbosch and Amsterdam. He was a member of the National Assembly and belonged to the moderate unitarians, who were advocates of a central government[citation needed]. Pieter van Meeuwen studied law at Leiden University. From 1859 he was a lawyer in 's-Hertogenbosch.