William Maurits de Brauw

William Maurits de Brauw ( The Hague , May 26 1876 - there, January 3 1962 ) was a Dutch lawyer.

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Jhr. mr. WM de Brauw was a member of the noble branch of the family De Brauw and a son Esq. mr. Engelbert Nicholas de Brauw (1849-1919) and Jkvr. Adriana Margaretha van Doorn (1850-1918). His father was a lawyer and Jurisconsult of the house of the queen. He married in 1901 Jkvr. Catherine Elisabeth van Reenen (1879 to 1951), dame du palais and a member of the family Van Reenen, and in 1954 with Antonia Kanis (1906). From the first marriage four children were born among whom Jacob Hendrik de Brauw .

De Brauw doctorate in law on executions in 1899 in Utrecht. Then he became a lawyer and attorney, from 1920 wealthy lawyer and dean of the Bar Association in his hometown. In 1920, De Brauw appointed Jurisconsult of the house of the queen, to succeed his father, deceased in 1919. He was succeeded in turn that function by his son, Esq. Mr. Jacob Hendrik de Brauw (1905-1975).

De Brauw was in the 1920s two terms president of the Dutch Lawyers' Association.

De Brauw was knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion . He was also a great officer in the House of Orange and chamberlain in special service since 1920.