Willem van der Kaay (originally van der Kaaij) (5 May 1831 – 29 July 1918) was a Dutch judge and

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politician. He was a member of the

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for

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from 1875 to 1894, and served as

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's cabinet from 1874 to 1879.

References

KAAIJ, Willem van der (1831-1918)
biography at the Institute for Netherlands History (in Dutch). 1831 births 1918 deaths 19th-century Dutch judges Leiden University alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Ministers of justice of the Netherlands People from Alkmaar {{Netherlands-politician-stub