Anton of Magnus

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Anton Franz Freiherr von Magnus also Anton Iwan (born January 14, 1821 in Berlin , † August 11, 1882 in Görlitz ) was a Prussian diplomat .

Life

Origin and family

Anton was a son of the owner of the banking house F. Mart, who was ennobled in 1853 and 1869 . Magnus , Friedrich Martin von Magnus (1796–1869) and Franziska Maria Fränkel (1801–1841). Paul Julius Reuter (1816–1899) was his brother-in-law.

He married in 1855 in Stuttgart with Baroness Helene of Brunnow (1835-1859). Their daughter Lily, born in Brussels in 1858, emerged from the marriage .

Career

Magnus was initially the Prussian legation secretary in Stuttgart. Later he also held the position of legation councilor. From 1866 to 1867 he was Prime Minister and Consul General in Mexico , where he a. a. unsuccessfully tried to obtain the release of Emperor Maximilian . Afterwards he was ambassador to The Hague , Saint Petersburg , Vienna and Copenhagen . By personal appointment he was a member of the Prussian manor house in 1872 . Since 1875 he was hereditary lord on Amalienberg near Gaggenau , and also Rittmeister of the Landwehr .

From 1869 to 1872 he was the extraordinary envoy and authorized minister in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg and in the free Hanseatic cities of Lübeck , Bremen and Hamburg , and was also Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John .

Works

  • The end of the Maximilian Empire in Mexico. Musterschmidt, Göttingen 1965.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e 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, pp. 113, 324 u. 330
  2. ↑ a b Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses . 21st year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1871, pp. 429-430.
  3. ↑ a b Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Hamburg 2011, Volume 1, p. 231.
  4. ↑ See list of Prussian envoys to the Hanseatic cities
predecessor Office successor
Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa emperor. German envoy to Denmark
1878–1881 		Maximilian von Philipsborn
personal data
SURNAME Magnus, Anton von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Magnus, Anton Franz Freiherr von (full name); Magnus, Anton Iwan from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1882
Place of death Goerlitz