Christoph Adam von Richter

Family coat of arms of the von Richters

Christoph Adam von Richter (also Christoph Adam II von Richter; * May 27, 1751 , † January 3, 1815 in Riga ) was a German-Baltic nobleman , real privy councilor and civil governor of Livonia .

Life

Christoph Adam von Richter studied law in Göttingen from 1771–1774 . Then he was given the office of the Livonian Knighthood Secretary, which he held until 1786. He represented in 1779, together with Kaspar Heinrich von Rosenkampff (1734–1790) the Livonian knighthood in Saint Petersburg . This office held again in 1785. He worked as economic director for Livonia from 1784 to 1786 and then from 1797 to 1808 as vice governor and civil governor of Livonia. In 1799 he was appointed True Council of State and in 1809 he was appointed senator to the Russian Council of State , with the rank of Privy Council . For his services he was awarded the Order of St. Anne (1st class) decorated . In 1802 he was a co-founder of the “Livonian Noble Estates Credit Society”. His possessions included: Siggund, Adamshof, Hilchensfähr, Seßwegen Castle (since 1795), Aiskuye, Butzkowsky, Grawendahl, Modohn and Thielen (Livl.).

Origin and family

Christoph Adam came from the German-Baltic noble family von Richter . His father was Christoph III. von Richter (1713–1762), who was married to Hedwig Beata von Richter from the Neuenhof family (1730–1810), daughter of Christoph Adam I von Richter (* 1694 in Reval ; † 1758 in Neuenhof). Christoph Adam married Margaretha Dorothea Freiin von Budberg (1759–1809), their descendants were:

Georg Leonhard Christoph von Richter (* 1778; † 1823 in Teplitz , Bohemia ), Russian major general and commander of Riga
Natalie Maria von Richter (* 1787)
Otto Johann von Richter (1779 - 1833), State Councilor and Chamberlain
Burchard Adam (Boris Hrisoforovich) (* 1782, † 1832 in Dresden ), Russian lieutenant general

literature

"Even in Moscow I have reason to be satisfied": Christian von Schlözer's private correspondence with the family. Academic lifeworlds, knowledge and culture transfer in Russia at the beginning of the 19th century, Volume 5 of Mainz's contributions to the history of Eastern Europe, editor Alexander Kaplunovskiy, LIT Verlag Münster, 2014, ISBN 3643118163 , 9783643118165 [2] , p. 417 (footnote 702)

Web links

Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Christoph Adam von Richter. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital

Individual evidence

↑ Note: Approximately comparable to Minister of Economics
↑ The “Livonian Noble Goods Loan Society”, known in common parlance as the “credit system”, was founded in 1803 to provide financial support to manorial property owners through mortgage bond loans. In: Baltic Legal Dictionary, keyword: Loan Society [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Richter, Christoph Adam from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Richter, Christoph Adam II of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Livonian governor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 27, 1751
DATE OF DEATH	January 3, 1815
Place of death	Riga

[1] Note: Approximately comparable to Minister of Economics

[2] The “Livonian Noble Goods Loan Society”, known in common parlance as the “credit system”, was founded in 1803 to provide financial support to manorial property owners through mortgage bond loans. In: Baltic Legal Dictionary, keyword: Loan Society [1]