Career
Lodewijk was a younger brother of Pieter Maria Frans van Meeuwen. He was a scion of the Catholic noble family van Meeuwen as a jonkheer. He moved to Den Haag but later went back to "s-Hertogenbosch.
In 1867-1873 he was a lawyer in "s-Hertogenbosch.
In 1889 Van Meeuwen was a judge of the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden. Van Meeuwen"s son Eduard Anton Eugène van Meeuwen followed him as president of the Court.