Anton Saurma from the Jeltsch
Johann Anton Freiherr Saurma von der Jeltsch , also known as von Saurma-Jeltsch or von Saurma-Lorzendorf (born March 27, 1836 in Adelsdorf , † April 28, 1900 in Brauchitschdorf, Lüben district ) was a German diplomat.
origin
Anton Saurma von der Jeltsch was born as the son of Alexander Graf von Saurma -Lorzendorf (* September 27, 1804, † January 2, 1841) and Luise geb. Countess Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorff (born January 29, 1809, † December 24, 1878). The German numismatist Hugo von Saurma-Jeltsch (1837-1896) was his brother.
Life
He studied at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn Law . In 1856 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . In 1862 he entered the diplomatic service, first with the embassy, then as an attaché in Paris. After taking part in the German War as a Prussian Landwehr officer , he headed the business of various embassies. In 1872 he became a Legation Councilor. In 1873 he was appointed counselor in Constantinople. In 1875 he became German consul general in Belgrade and in 1876 in Alexandria . In 1882 he became German envoy to the Romanian court in Bucharest and in 1885 to the Dutch court in The Hague . In 1891 he became the Prussian ambassador to the Württemberg court in Stuttgart . In 1893 he became the first German ambassador to the United States of America in Washington, DC , in 1895 at the Ottoman Porte in Constantinople and in 1897 at the Italian court in Rome . In 1899 Saurma von der Jeltsch retired. He was married to Margarethe Countess von Hatzfeldt.
Awards
- Appointment to the Real Secret Council
- Awarded the title of Excellence
literature
- Friedrich Karl Devens : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902 . Düsseldorf, 1902, p. 149.
- Gustav Gotthilf Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928 . Aschaffenburg 1928, p. 142.
- Saurma von der Jeltsch, Anton, Freiherr . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 17. Leipzig 1909, p. 643. ( digitized version ), ( facsimile )
- Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2001, p. 143 .
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses to the year 1872 p.706f
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 357
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saurma von der Jeltsch, Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saurma von der Jeltsch, Johann Anton Freiherr; Saurma-Jeltsch, Anton von; Saurma-Lorzendorf, Anton von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adelsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1900 |
| Place of death | Brauchitschdorf, district of Lüben |