Willem Johannes Leyds

Willem Johannes Leyds
Portrait by Jan Veth, 1896
State Secretary of the Transvaal
In office
1 May 1889 – 31 May 1898 (1889-05-01 – 1898-05-31)
PresidentPaul Kruger
Preceded byWillem Eduard Bok
Succeeded byFrancis William Reitz
State Attorney of the Transvaal
In office
13 October 1884 – 1 May 1889 (1884-10-13 – 1889-05-01)
PresidentPaul Kruger
Preceded byEduard Pieter Jorissen
Succeeded byEwald Auguste Esselen
Personal details
Born
Willem Johannes Leijds

(1859-05-01)1 May 1859
Magelang, Dutch East Indies
Died14 May 1940(1940-05-14) (aged 81)
The Hague, Netherlands
Citizenship
  • Netherlands
  • South African Republic
Spouses
  • Louise Roeff
    (m. 1884⁠–⁠1907)
  • Anna Castens
    (m. 1910⁠–⁠1940)
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
Awards

Willem Johannes Leyds (1 May 1859 – 14 May 1940) was a Dutch lawyer and statesman who served as state attorney and state secretary of the South African Republic. From 1898 to 1902, during the crucial period of the Second Boer War, he was the Republic's special envoy and minister plenipotentiary in Brussels, accredited to several European states.