Adolf Friedrich von Bassewitz
Adolf Friedrich von Bassewitz (* 1681 in Mecklenburg ; † May 7, 1740 ibid) was a German-Swedish officer and signed the peace treaty between Sweden and Great Britain in 1719 as the Royal British-Brunswick-Lüneburg Ambassador.
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Adolf Friedrich von Bassewitz was born in 1681 as the second son of Detlof von Bassewitz (1650–1685) and his wife Dorothea Lucia v. Plessen born.
Adolf Friedrich von Bassewitz served in the Swedish military up to the rank of colonel , temporarily in the same regiment as his brother Ulrich Carl von Bassewitz . After the death of King Charles XII. the Northern War was nearing its end, and Adolf Friedrich von Bassewitz joined British diplomatic services in 1719 and was sent to Stockholm as the “ Royal British-Brunswick-Lüneburgischer Envoyé extraordinaire ” , where in December 1719 he signed the peace treaty between Sweden and Great Britain . This gave Hanover the previously Swedish parts of the country on the Weser . For it gave in 1720 the King of England Adolf Friedrich von Bassewitz as arms Mehrung the leopards of the English royal coat of arms as a sign holder . Adolf Friedrich von Bassewitz, like his brother Ulrich Carl von Bassewitz, was also awarded the Swedish baron title.
Adolf Friedrich von Bassewitz remained unmarried and had no descendants. He bequeathed his estates Bibow , Jarchow , Hasenwinkel, Holldorf, Klappenkruge and Neuhof (the latter bequeathed to him by his brother Ulrich Carl von Bassewitz) to his first cousin Detlof Hans von Bassewitz .
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| SURNAME | Bassewitz, Adolf Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Swedish officer, Royal Ambassador to Great Britain, Brunswick and Lüneburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1681 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mecklenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1740 |
| Place of death | Mecklenburg |