József Farkas de Boldogfa | |
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Member of the Hungarian Parliament | |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bagod, county of Zala |
28 January 1857
Died | 17 October 1951 Söjtör, county of Zala |
(aged 94)
Profession | politician, jurist |
József Farkas de Boldogfa (28 January 1857 – 17 October 1951) was a Hungarian nobleman, jurist, landowner, politician, Member of the Hungarian Parliament.
Born in Bagod in the county of Zala, located in south-western region of the Kingdom of Hungary, József, was member of the ancient Roman Catholic Hungarian noble family Farkas de Boldogfa (in Hungarian: boldogfai Farkas család). He was son of Imre Farkas de Boldogfa (1811-1876), jurist, landowner, chief magistrate of the district of Zalaegerszeg (főszolgabíró), and Alojzia Horváth (1831-1919). His grandfather was János Nepomuk Farkas de Boldogfa (1774-1847), jurist, landowner, vice-ispán of the county of Zala (alispán of Zala). József's second cousins were vitéz Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa (1880–1946), colonel, captain of the Order of Vitéz of the county of Zala, knight of the Order of the Iron Crown, and dr. István Farkas de Boldogfa (1875–1921), jurist, supreme chief magistrate of district of Sümeg in the county of Zala.
He attended secondary grammar school in Zalaegerszeg, Kőszeg and Sopron in Hungary. He learnt law in Budapest. He became of the representative of Zalaegerszeg in the Hungarian Parliament.