Abraham Louis Michell
Abraham Louis Michell (* 1712 in Vevey ; † February 28, 1782 in Berlin ) was the Prussian envoy to London and deputy governor of Neuchâtel .
He was a Swiss Protestant in the Prussian service. His father was Abraham Augustin Michell , a councilor in Vevey. He was initially legal advisor for the canton of Bern in Vevey. During a trip to London he met the Swiss Andrié , who worked as the Prussian envoy in London, who took him into his service.
On May 20, 1741 he was appointed secretary of the Prussian embassy in London. When Joachim Wilhelm was withdrawn from Klinggräffen in 1750 , Michel took over his business. During this time the Westminster Convention (January 16, 1756) between England and Prussia was concluded. Although he had the full confidence of his king, in 1758 he sent the experienced diplomat Dodo Heinrich zu Innhausen and Knyphausen to London. After his renewed transfer in 1760, Michell was the Prussian ambassador in London until 1764. He was transferred to Neuchâtel, where he officially represented the previous Prussian governor from June 26, 1766. The previous governor George Keith had entered Prussian service as a Scottish insurgent and, through the mediation of Frederick II , was reinstated in his rights in Scotland on April 30, 1763. Since then he has been there to clarify the situation. In 1766 Michell became his deputy on site. In 1768 another Swiss, the Prussian general Robert Scipio von Lentulus , was appointed governor. Michell returned to Berlin, where he also died.
Works
In 1752 he published a book to bring the Prussian positions closer to the English:
- Exposition of the motives, founded upon the universally received laws of nations: which have determined the King (of Prussia) upon the repeated instances of his subjects trading by sea, to lay an attachment upon the capital funds which His Majesty had promised to reimburse to the subjects, of Great-Britain, in virtue of the peace-treaties of Breslau and Dresden.
It was published in English and French.
The correspondence between Michell and the Duke of Newcastle was also published.
literature
- Reinhold Koser: Michell, Abraham Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 694 f.
- Johann David Erdmann Preuss, Friedrich the Great: A life story. P. 459 ( digitized version ).
- Uriel Dann, Hanover and Great Britain, 1740-1760: diplomacy and survival. P. 95
Individual evidence
- ↑ digitized version
- ^ Thomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle (Duke of), Abraham Louis Michell, The Duke of Newcastle's letter , digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michell, Abraham Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian envoy to London and deputy governor of Neuchâtel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1712 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vevey |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1782 |
| Place of death | Berlin |