Willem Eduard Bok, Jr. | |
---|---|
Justice in the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa | |
Personal details | |
Born |
Pretoria, South African Republic |
1 January 1880
Died | October 29, 1956 Pretoria, Union of South Africa |
(aged 76)
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, statesman and judge of Dutch descent.
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.
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).
He married in Pretoria 19 December 1907 with Maria Everdina Jacoba Kleyn (1880-1975), with whom he had four children.