Background
He was a son of January Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk, who was president of the senate of the Netherlands from 1874 until 1880.
He was a son of January Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk, who was president of the senate of the Netherlands from 1874 until 1880.
Leiden University.
De Vos van Steenwijk has received the following honours:.
He was preceded by January Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst and was in turn succeeded by the socialist Roelof Kranenburg.
He was a member of the Christelijk Historische Unie (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire) and president of Senate from 1929 to 1946.