Carl von Linsingen

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Carl Christian Baron Linsingen , since 1816 Count of Linsingen , (* 6. January 1742 ; † 5. September 1830 in Herrhausen ) was a German cavalry general of the Kingdom of Hanover .

Life

Carl Christian Freiherr von Linsingen zu Birkenfelde became a cadet in the Hammerstein regiment in Hameln in 1753 and a cornet at the end of 1756 . During the Seven Years' War he came into the field in 1757 under the command of Colonel von Post. In 1758, at the instigation of his older brother, he was transferred to the cavalry corps under Wilhelm von Freytag as a second lieutenant . There he fought until the end of the war. In 1764 he was transferred to the tribe of the 9th Light Dragoon Regiment. There he became Premier Lieutenant in 1772 , captain in 1777 and major in 1791 . During the First Coalition War he was outpost commander in 1793 and was able to distinguish himself several times. During the retreat, Linsingen fell into an outpost battle near Goirle on August 26, 1793 with his horse and was taken prisoner. He remained in French captivity until the end of the war.

After returning to his regiment, Linsingen became a lieutenant colonel in 1795 and a colonel in 1801 . After the surrender of the Hanoverian Army in 1803 and its dissolution, he joined the King's German Legion in England. There he became major general in 1804 and became chief of the 1st Light Dragoon Regiment, later the 1st Hussar Regiment. He fought in a campaign in Hanover in 1805 and in the Baltic States in 1807. In the Battle of Kiöge on August 29, 1807, Linsingen commanded the right column, Wellington the left. In 1809 he took part in the landing in Walcherem .

In 1811 he was promoted to lieutenant general and was district general in England and Ireland. From 1813 he was in the absence of the Duke of Cambridge in command of the Legion. In 1815 he was appointed general of the cavalry and in 1817 also inspector of the cavalry. He remained in this post until the day of his death, September 5, 1830.

On January 17, 1816, King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia the general in the Prussian count class . In 1820 Linsingen was made an honorary citizen of the city of Hanover . He was holder of the Grand Cross of the Guelph Order , Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and holder of the Prussian Great Red Eagle Order .

His son, the Kgl. Great Britain Lieutenant Colonel William Frederic, was naturalized in England in 1818 as William Frederic Linsingen, Count Linsingen of Linsingen (of the Kingdom of Prussia) and Baron Linsingen (in the Kingdom of Hanover), act Linsingen from 1818, House of Lords, London.

literature

  • Bernhard von Linsingen-Gestorf: From Hanover's military past. P. 378ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ North Ludlow Beamish: History of the Royal German Legion , Second Theil , Hanover: Verlag Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung , 1837, page 38, 340 and others; partly online via Google books
  2. ↑ Gritzner, Maximilian Ferdinand, Chronological Register of the Brandenburg-Prussian Class Elevations and Grace Acts, Berlin 1874, p. 79.
  3. ↑ Klaus Mlynek : Honorary Citizen. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , pp. 147-148.
  4. ^ Nicholas Harris Nicolas: History of the orders of knighthood of the British Empire , London 1842, Vol. 3: History of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, List of Knight Commanders 1815.
  5. ^ Act Linsingen, 58 George III, chapter 61, May 8, 1818, House of Lords, London.
personal data
SURNAME Linsingen, Carl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Linsingen, Carl Christian von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cavalry general of the Kingdom of Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1742
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1830
Place of death Herrenhausen