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Dr. Tibor Farkas de Boldogfa (14 April 1883 – 26 March 1940)
jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...
, Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, member of the
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,
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Captain. He was a respected Hungarian
legitimist The Legitimists () are royalists who adhere to the rights of dynastic succession to the French crown of the descendants of the eldest branch of the Bourbon dynasty, which was overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution. They reject the claim of t ...
politician during the two World Wars period.


Life

Tibor József Imre Farkas de Boldogfa was born in Felsőbagod in the county of Zala,
Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
, as the member of the ancient
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Hungarian noble family
Farkas de Boldogfa The Farkas de Boldogfa family, (in Hungarian: "''boldogfai Farkas család''"; in German: "''Farkas von Boldogfa''"), is the name of a Hungarian nobility, Hungarian noble family. Their members were landowners that occupied diverse relevant role ...
(in Hungarian: ''boldogfai Farkas család''). His father was József Farkas de Boldogfa (1857–1951) landowner, politician, Member of the
Hungarian Parliament The National Assembly ( ) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to four-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proportional representation: a mixed-member ...
, and his mother was Rozália Sümeghy de Lovász et Szentmargitha (1857–1924). His father József Farkas de Boldogfa was very active in the Hungarian politics since the 1890s, working along with count
Aladár Zichy Count Aladár Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (4 September 1864 – 16 November 1937) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister besides the King twice: between 1906 and 1910 and during the end of the First World War. He was also Minister ...
, and count Nándor Zichy within the newly created Hungarian Katolikus Néppárt (''Catholic People's Party''). Tibor Farkas de Boldogfa's paternal grandparents were
Imre Farkas de Boldogfa Imre Farkas de Boldogfa (16 November 1811 – 25 May 1876), jurist, landowner, chief magistrate of the district of Zalaegerszeg (''főszolgabíró''). Biography Imre (in English: ''Emmerich''), was born in the family states of Zalaboldogfa i ...
(1811–1876), jurist, landowner, chief magistrate of the district of
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( Hungarian: ''főszolgabíró''), and Alojzia Horváth (1831–1919). His maternal grandparents were Ferenc Sümeghy de Lovász et Szentmargitha (1819–1869), jurist, landowner, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament (who was a very good friend of Ferenc Deák), and Magdolna Séllyey de Séllye (1822–1901). Tibor's younger brother was
Dénes Farkas Dénes Farkas de Boldogfa (1 October 1884 –11 August 1973) Hungarian nobleman, landowner, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament. Biography Dénes Farkas de Boldogfa was born in Felsőbagod in the county of Zala, Kingdom of Hungar ...
de Boldogfa (1884–1973), landowner, politician, also member of the
Hungarian Parliament The National Assembly ( ) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to four-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proportional representation: a mixed-member ...
. In the other hand Tibor's older brother was Kálmán Farkas de Boldogfa (1880–1944), landowner, supreme chief magistrate of the district of Zalaszentgrót ( Hungarian: ''főszolgabíró'') in the county of Zala. Tibor Farkas de Boldogfa finished his general studies of school and high-school with particular teachers and in the
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in
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. Later he studied law in Wien and at the
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of the
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where he obtained his PhD degree and approved his lawyer exam in 1910. Then he traveled to England and studied law in the
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for 3 years. He taught law in the
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, and traveled actively around England studying the legal part of the industrial sector of that time as well the strikes policies. He moved back to Hungary in 1913, however in February 1914 the Hungarian Minister of Justice sent him back to England for researching further the strike law. The break of the First World War interrupted his researches, and went back to Hungary for serving as a Hussar Captain. He fought in the Italian and in the Russian front and after the War he was invested with the Signum Laudis medal and the
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. After the World War I the
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was implemented and Hungary lost the 70% of its lands. At the same time the King
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was not allowed to continue on the Hungarian throne and instead of him the admiral
Miklós Horthy Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who was the Regent of Hungary, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary Hungary between the World Wars, during the ...
de Nagybánya was elected as regent of the Kingdom. Tibor's father, who was over 63 years old for that time, retreated from the politics. Tibor Farkas became one of the most energetic defenders of the Monarchy and of the
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in Zala county and in Hungary itself. Tibor had a close friendship with the Marquis György Pallavicini, the Count Antal Sigray and Count János Zichy, who were the most relevant
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politicians between the two World Wars in Hungary. He was elected two times as a representative in the Hungarian Parliament: 1922–1926, and 1931–1935. He strongly criticized the government of
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count
István Bethlen Count István Bethlen de Bethlen (8 October 1874 – 5 October 1946) was a Hungarians, Hungarian Aristocracy (class), aristocrat and politician, statesman and served as prime minister from 1921 to 1931. Early life The scion of an old Bethlen ...
and the high cult to regent
Miklós Horthy Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who was the Regent of Hungary, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary Hungary between the World Wars, during the ...
, considering that these demonstrations of honor and respect actually belonged to the Hungarian King, who was not sitting in the throne for that time. In 1925, at the
Zala County Zala (, ; ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia (Koprivnica–Križevci County, Koprivnica–Križevci and MeÄ ...
general assemble session, the legitimate representative Tibor Farkas de Boldogfa disapproved the celebration of Horthy's birthday and name-day. Tibor emphasized that "all celebrations with splendor must be avoided when the country is a truncated kingdom without a king. If it was a holiday, it would just be a funeral." Tibor Farkas also was against all Nazi politics, considering them anti-Christians, anti-monarchists and absolutely against all ethic and moral; his only goal was to reestablish continuity and see the
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in the Hungarian throne, and ensure the healthy development and growing of Hungarian agriculturists' way of life.Zalamegyei Ujság, 1940. január-március (23. évfolyam, 1–72. szám)1940-03-26 / 68. szám Tibor himself stated that: "''I cannot imagine a kingdom without a king, nor can I imagine a golden pengő without gold, nor can I imagine a national unity without the unity of souls''". Tibor Farkas de Boldogfa suffered a sudden
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crisis and was hospitalized in
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. He died on 26 March 1940.


Marriage and children

He married on 28 December 1929 Judith Pálffy de Pálfiszegh (1909–1993), daughter of the Hungarian nobleman László Pálffy de Pálfiszegh (1872–1946), jurist, landowner, and chief magistrate of the district of
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( Hungarian: ''főszolgabíró'') in Zala county, and Ilona Véssey de Vésse (1882–1956). Judith Pálffy's paternal grandparents were Elek Pálffy de Pálfiszegh (1840–1895), landowner and és Karolin Koltay de Kiskolta (1848–1873); her maternal grandparents László Véssey de Vésse (1852–1897), landowner, and Emília Nedeczky de Nedecze (1859–1944). Pálffy Judith gave birth to two children: Elek and Erzsébet. These two children never had offspring.


References

*Baján Gyula, szerk.: Parlamenti almanach 1922–1927. (Sturm–féle országgyűlési almanach) Budapest, 1922.VII. A kormány és a nemzetgyűlés tagjainak életrajzi adatai. A nemzetgyűlés tagjainak életrajzi adatai. boldogfai Farkas Tibor dr. *Békássy Jenő. Zala vármegye feltámadása Trianon után (1930) *Paksy Zoltán: Zalaegerszeg társadalma és politikai élete 1919–1939. Kiadó: Millecentenáriumi Közalapítvány, 2011 *Paksy Zoltán: A boldogfai Farkas család politikai tevékenysége (1896–1956) (2008. 6 November. Zalaegerszeg, Zalai Közgyűjteményi Szakmai Napok) *Zalai életrajzi kislexikon. Farkas Tibor.


References

{{reflist, 30em 1883 births 1940 deaths Hungarian politicians 20th-century Hungarian lawyers Hungarian Roman Catholics Hungarian monarchists People from Zala County Alumni of the University of Cambridge Hungarian nobility Farkas de Boldogfa family 20th-century landowners