Ferdinand Carl von Stumm
Ferdinand Carl von Stumm (born June 29, 1880 in Saint Petersburg , † April 28, 1954 in Grafenaschau near Murnau ) was a German diplomat, industrialist and manor owner.
Life
Ferdinand Carl von Stumm was born as the son of the diplomat and industrialist Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm . After graduating from high school in Kassel, he studied law and political science at the universities of Oxford, Geneva, Strasbourg and Bonn as well as the Cologne Commercial College . In 1901 he became a member of the Corps Palaio-Alsatia in Strasbourg . After completing his studies, he worked as an attaché in the Foreign Office from 1905 to 1917 as an embassy or legation secretary in Washington, Constantinople, Belgrade and Rome, among others. Until the end of 1918 he was Head of Department IV (News) in the Foreign Office with the rank of Ministerial Conductor.
In 1919 he quit diplomatic service as a real legation counselor and from then on lived in Neunkirchen to take up supervisory board mandates in the family-owned Stumm group . He was a member of the supervisory board of Neunkircher Eisenwerke AG , Homburger Eisenwerk AG and Heydt's Bank AG in Berlin as well as a member of the mining committee of the coal mines' union, Minister Achenbach . After the death of his father in 1925 he became the owner of Rauischholzhausen Castle . In 1928 he left Neunkirchen and from then on lived in Ascona or at Rauischholzhausen Castle.
literature
- Mute, Ferdinand, Carl, von. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1877.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 31 , 94
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mute, Ferdinand Carl von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, industrialist and manor owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1954 |
| Place of death | Grafenaschau near Murnau |