Alexander von Uexküll-Güldenband (statesman)
Alexander Karl Abraham Freiherr von Uexküll Güldenband ( Russian Александр Александрович Икскуль фон Гильденбандт Alexander Aleandrowitsch Ikskul of Hildenbandt ; born February 8 jul. / 20th February 1840 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † June 27 jul. / 10. July 1912 greg. in St. Petersburg) was a Russian statesman .
Life
family
Alexander was a member of the Baltic Barons of Uexküll-Güldenband . His parents were the Russian lieutenant general Alexander von Uexküll-Güldenband (1799-1880) and Emilie Peretz (1815-1878). His brother Julius von Uexküll-Güldenband (1853-1918) was also a senator , a member of the Reichsrat and a real privy councilor .
In 1863 he married Lina Adelson (1840–1911), daughter of the Russian Real Privy Councilor Dr. med. Joseph Adelson and Johanna Benjamin. The only child out of the marriage was the son Alexander von Uexküll-Güldenband (1864–1923), who became an official of the Russian Imperial Chancellery as a real councilor . He married the actress Ida Aalberg (1857–1915) in his first marriage in 1894 . As a widower, he married Inge Nordberg (* 1895) a second time in 1919.
Career
Uexküll-Güldenband attended the law school in St. Petersburg from 1853 to 1860 . From 1860 he worked at the Ministry of Justice, but was given leave of absence for two years to visit foreign universities. From 1863 to 1868 he was secretary, then senior secretary in the conducting senate . In 1868 he was a member of the District Court in St. Petersburg and became Chamberlain of Grand Duchess Helena Pavlovna , which he remained until 1872. From 1872 to 1874 he was Lieutenant Governor and from 1874 to 1882 Governor of Livonia . In this function he came into confrontation with Land Marshal Heinrich von Bock (1803-1903) due to different views in dealing with the national aspirations of the Latvians and Estonians . From 1876 to 1882 he was also the curator of the Rigische Polytechnic . In 1884 he took over the position of governor of Kharkov , which he filled until 1886 and then moved to Pleskau in the same position until 1888 . He became a senator in 1888 and was secular president of the Evangelical Lutheran General Consistory from 1891 to 1896 .
Uexküll-Güldenband owned the Augustenhof estate near Wiborg .
Literature / web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Alexander von Uexküll-Güldenband. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods , part 2, 1.2 Estonia, Görlitz 1930, p. 505
- Michael von Taube : The one from Uxkull. Genealogical history of the noble family of lords, barons and counts of Uxküll 1229-1929. Volume 3, Kluge u. Ströhm, Munich 1955, p. 117
- Alexander von Tobien: The Livonian knighthood in its relationship to tsarism and Russian nationalism. Volume 1, Löffler de Gruyter, Riga; Berlin 1925, pp. 153, 353
- Entry in the Erik Amburger database at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods , part 2, 1.2 Estonia, Görlitz 1930, p. 506.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Uexküll-Güldenband, Alexander von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Uexküll-Güldenband, Alexander Karl Abraham von (full name); Икскуль фон Гильденбандт, Александр Александрович (Russian); Ikskul von Hildenbandt, Alexander Aleandrowitsch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1912 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |