Christian August Thon

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Christian August Thon (born January 1, 1755 in Kaltensundheim , † February 19, 1829 in Eisenach ) was a German lawyer, civil servant and politician.

Life

Christian August Thon was the eldest son of Heinrich Christian Kaspar Thon (born April 20, 1730 in Ostheim before the Rhön ; † November 10, 1807 ibid), court advisor and bailiff of the Lichtenberg Justice Office . His mother was Julia Christina Regina (born April 16, 1728 in Kaltensundheim, † March 17, 1795 in Ostheim vor der Rhön), a daughter of the police commissioner Heuchelin. His siblings were:

  • Heinrich Christoph Thon (born November 15, 1756 in Kaltensundheim, † December 11, 1835 in Eisenach); real advice;
  • Hartwig Johann Wilhelm Hedwig Thon (born February 21, 1759 in Ostheim vor der Rhön; † February 13, 1834 in Nuremberg ), Württemberg saltworks director;
  • Georg Philip Friedrich Thon (born March 21, 1761 in Ostheim before the Rhön, † April 12, 1785 in Burgsinn ), Grand Ducal Saxon real councilor;
  • Carl Christian Freiherr Thon von Dittmar (born March 29, 1763 in Ostheim before the Rhön; † August 10, 1831 in Regensburg ); Merchant; was raised together with his father-in-law Georg Friedrich von Dittmer by Emperor Franz II in 1800 to the status of imperial baron. He later owned the Thon-Dittmer-Palais in Regensburg.
  • Juliana Christina Thon (born March 29, 1765 - † May 31, 1825), married to Christian Ernst Genssler (1758–1846), consistorial councilor and superintendent ;
  • Wilhelmina Helena Friederica Wilhelmina Thon (born October 28, 1770 in Ostheim before the Rhön; † 1806);
  • Justina Susanna Thon (October 4, 1772 in Ostheim before the Rhön; † December 5, 1823 there), married to Johann Carl Michael Geheeb (1765–1817), pastor in Völkershausen and in Seebach near Farnroda

From 1767 Christian August Thon attended the royal pedagogy in Halle , where he made a lifelong friendship with the later director and chancellor of the University of Halle , August Hermann Niemeyer .

In 1771 Christian August Thon began his law studies at the University of Halle, but returned home in 1772 and received lessons from his father with other prospective lawyers. He then attended the University of Jena from 1773 to 1776 and continued his studies. He defended there his public under the presidency of the late Privy Councilor and professor Johann August Reichardt , which written by him dissertation De effectu fori concursus creditorum universalis ratione bonorum territorii alieni .

In 1776 he returned to his homeland and received the title of court advocate on May 9, 1777. Upon invitation, he then worked for a few years for the court councilor and chivalrous consultant Johann Christoph Brenner (1733–1798) in Schweinfurt . In 1783 he took over the position of knightly secretary in Gotha as assistant to the Prime Minister and Knight Captain Baron Friedrich Carl von Lichtenstein (1722–1790) . Then he called his sovereign Ernst II. In the Government College in Weimar as assessor ; However, he did not follow this call because he was offered a more lucrative position, but this was not realized. In 1788 he applied for a position in the government council in Eisenach; a vacancy arose here due to the death of the court and government councilor Johann August von Hellfeld . Christian August Thon was awarded the highest decree of 27 August 1788 Government appointed who was promoted to Councilor July 16 1791st On June 11, 1802, he was appointed a really secret assistant council with a seat and vote in the secret council of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach . Because he wanted to return to his homeland, he used the opportunity offered by the death of Privy Councilor and Vice Chancellor Johann Ludwig Freiherr von Mauchenheim called von Bechtolsheim (1725-1806) and joined the government council in Eisenach. On September 12, 1806 he was appointed vice chancellor and senior consistorial director. When the position of Chancellor and Head of the Government College became vacant, he succeeded him on September 7, 1814, at the same time he became Head of the State Police Directorate, for which his duties as Senior Consistorial Councilor were transferred to his uncle, Privy Councilor Johann Carl Salomo Thon (1752 –1830). On September 3, 1825, Christian August Thon was appointed privy councilor on the occasion of the government anniversary .

He was married to Christina Barbara Caroline (born September 4, 1769 in Eisenach; † November 9, 1857), a daughter of the businessman Eichel from Eisenach, since July 26, 1791. They had three sons and a daughter together. One of his sons was Ottokar Thon (* April 18, 1792; † March 16, 1842), who between 1836 and 1841 represented the Customs and Trade Association of the Thuringian States at all general conferences of the German Customs Union as an authorized representative. After his death, his brother, who later became Minister of State , Gustav Thon (born February 20, 1805 in Eisenach, † December 12, 1882 in Weimar) took over this function. His third son was Karl Thon (1795–1880), who later became President of the Chamber of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach.

Awards

Works

  • De effectu fori concursus creditorum universalis ratione bonorum territorii alieni . Jenae, 1775.
  • Johann August Reichardt; Christian August Thon; Karl August , Grand Duke of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach; Jean Jacques Lange; CL lard; HCA de Schoenfels: Dissertatio Iuridica De Effectu Fori Concursus Creditorum Universalis Ratione Bonorum Territorii Alieni . Ienae Officina Straussii Jena 1775.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, 7th year, 1829, 1st part, pp. 188–191 . Voigt, 1831 ( google.de [accessed December 19, 2017]).
  2. ↑ GEDBAS: Heinrich Christian Caspar THON. Retrieved March 9, 2018 .
  3. ^ Geheeb, Christian Theodor Friedrich. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ^ Marko Kreutzmann: The higher officials of the German Customs Union: a bureaucratic functional elite between national interests and interstate integration (1834-1871), pp. 60–62; 292-293 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012, ISBN 978-3-525-36005-7 ( google.de [accessed on March 10, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Thon, Christian August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thon, Christianus Augustus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, civil servant and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaltensundheim
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1829
Place of death Eisenach