Béla Vörösmarty (23 April 1844 – 9 October 1904) was a Hungarian jurist and politician, son of poet
Mihály Vörösmarty
Mihály Vörösmarty (archaically English: Michael Vorosmarthy 1 December 180019 November 1855) was a Hungarians, Hungarian poet and dramatist who lived and worked in the Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Kingdom of Hungary.
Biography
He was ...
and and brother of
Ilona Vörösmarty
Ilona Vörösmarty (2 May 1846 – 13 December 1910) was a Hungarian noblewoman, the second child and the daughter of poet Mihály Vörösmarty and his wife, Laura Csajághy.
Family
Her brother was Béla Vörösmarty. After her father's d ...
.
Biography
After his father's death in 1855, he raised in the home of
Ferenc Deák. He finished his secondary and legal studies in
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
. After that he worked as a judge for the Royal Court of Budapest since 1868. He became a member of the
Curia Regia
The Royal Curia of Hungary (, ) was the supreme court of the Kingdom of Hungary (Hungary and Croatia) between 1723 and 1949.
Charles VI in 1723 divided it into two courts: the ''Tabula Septemviralis'' (Court of the Seven) and the ''Tabula Regia ...
in 1887. He was appointed President of the Royal Court of
Győr
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in 1895, replacing
Sándor Erdély
Sándor Erdély (1 August 1839 - 15 May 1922) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of th ...
who became
Minister of Justice
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.
Vörösmarty was elected Secretary of State for Justice under Minister Erdély in that year. He served as Member of Parliament for
Nyitrazsámbokrét (today: ''Žabokreky nad Nitrou, Slovakia'') between 1899 and 1901. He was appointed Vice President of the Curia Regia in 1901, replacing
Bódog Czorda
Bódog Czorda (18 December 1828 – 4 July 1904) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician.
He worked as a lawyer until the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 when joined to the Honvédség. After the defeat of the War of Independence he was involuntarily ...
.
Sources
* MAGYAR ORSZÁGGYŰLÉSI ALMANACH (1901-1906)
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Magyar életrajzi lexikonVörösmarty családja és utódai
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1844 births
1904 deaths
Jurists from Austria-Hungary
Hungarian jurists
Hungarian politicians
Hungarian nobility
People from Pest, Hungary