Andreas von Hauch

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Andreas von Hauch (born March 27, 1708 in Ingermanland , † May 19, 1782 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish infantry general and chief war secretary .

Origin and family

Hauch's father was Christopher Hauch, a naval captain in the Russian service (1678–1718), his mother was a Russian whose name has not been passed down.

On June 10, 1750, he married Sophia Sturup (1731–1760), daughter of Lieutenant Colonel and later General Georg Christopher Sturup (1678–1762) and his wife Margrethe Friis, born in Glückstadt . Dverig (1697-1746-). The marriage had eight children:

On April 24, 1761, he married Anna Cathrine von der Maase (1722–1786), daughter of the officer Frederik von der Maase (1696–1728) and his wife Conradine Sophie, born on Kongsdal . Rostgaard zu Krogerup (1704–58). The marriage remained childless.

Life

After the death of his father, Andreas Hauch came to see his uncle Bertel , the later war and judiciary, who at that time was still administrator in Ålborg . From Ålborg he came to the University of Copenhagen in 1724 , but a year later he embarked on the traditional military career of his family and became a cadet and non-commissioned officer in the Royal Life Guard . 1727 touch second lieutenant , 1730 First Lieutenant , 1731 Captain and took in 1735 at the cruise on the warship Prinsesse Charlotte Amalie part. Like so many Danish officers, he sought practical training and war experience abroad. After he had sold his company, acquired in 1731, he served in the imperial army from 1731 to 1738 and took part in the campaign against the Turks in Hungary. On May 17, 1739 he sold his regiment to his cousin Frederik Hauch and took his leave with the character of a major , then he became Prime Major in the Schleswig-Holstein Infantry Regiment. From 1741 to 1742 he served as a volunteer in the Swedish army in the fight against the Russians in Finland. There he got from the Danish envoy in Sweden, Major General Gustav Grüner , the order to influence Swedish officers so that they Christian VI. or Crown Prince Friedrich V supported as heir to the Swedish throne. On 17 April 1743 he received the character of a lieutenant colonel , on 3 November 1744, he became the Sekondoberstleutnant appointed. From 1745 to 1746 he served again in the imperial army, this time in Brabant during the War of the Spanish Succession as adjutant to the Prince of Waldeck. On September 14, 1746 he was appointed adjutant general of the new King Friedrich and on April 18, 1747 he was appointed Premier Lieutenant-Colonel in the enlisted Falster infantry regiment.

Like his comrade officer Peter Elias von Gähler , Hauch was also influenced by the army reforms discussed in France and Prussia and had advocates in the military leadership of Denmark-Norway. After King Christian's death, however, the reform-zealous Upper War Secretary Michael Numsen was dismissed and, despite King Friedrich's strong interest in the military, some members of the Gehejmekonseil prevented the reforms - this only changed around 1760, when it was imminent that the God-born Duke Karl Peter Ulrich Would emperor of russia.

On March 31, 1750, Hauch was given the character of a colonel and was accepted into the Danish nobility with the title of nobility “von”. On April 20, 1752, he was appointed the king's first adjutant general. On June 19, 1755 he was given the character of major general. From 1756 to 1764 von Hauch was head of the Crown Prince's regiment. On April 18, 1761 he was in command in Copenhagen. In 1762 he acted as the oldest adjutant general to Field Marshal Saint-Germain when the army was set up in Mecklenburg. From October 28, 1763 to January 12, 1765 he served as Chief War Secretary and Deputy in the General War Directorate . On January 16, 1765, von Hauch was appointed lieutenant general and commandant at Kronborg. From March 5 to September 11, 1766 he was the first deputy in the General War Directorate. He held this post again from December 10, 1767 to September 18, 1770 and from March 20, 1773 to May 30, 1781. In 1773 he was a member of the large army commission. On May 21, 1774 von Hauch was appointed general of the infantry and took his leave on February 7, 1781.

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Endnotes

  1. ↑ finnholbek.dk : Georg Christopher von Hauch , accessed on December 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ finnholbek.dk : Christian von Hauch , accessed on December 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Andreas von Hauch , accessed on December 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ finnholbek.dk : Frederik von Hauch , accessed on December 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ finnholbek.dk : Adam Wilhelm von Hauch , accessed on December 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ finnholbek.dk : Margrethe Sophie von Hauch , accessed on December 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ finnholbek.dk : Johan Christian von Hauch , accessed on December 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ a b c d e Claus Bech: Andreas Hauch . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 6 : Harald – Høedt . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1980, ISBN 87-01-77412-3 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
personal data
SURNAME Hauch, Andreas von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish General of the Infantry and Chief War Secretary
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1708
PLACE OF BIRTH Ingermanland
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1782
Place of death Copenhagen