Ferdinand von Grumme-Douglas

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Karl Ferdinand Grumme , von Grumme since 1900 , von Grumme-Douglas since 1912 (born June 5, 1860 in Stockholm , Sweden , † July 18, 1937 at Gut Rehdorf in the Neumark ) was a German naval officer , most recently rear admiral and politician.

Life

family

Grumme came from a family in Lower Saxony that first appeared in Harste near Göttingen in the 17th century . He married on August 9, 1900 on Gut Ralswiek ( Rügen Island ) Ellen Countess von Douglas (born December 1, 1881 in Aschersleben ; † March 8, 1964 in Cologne-Mülheim ), the daughter of the Prussian major and member of the State Councilor Dr. med. hc Hugo Graf von Douglas, Fideikommissherr at Gut Ralswiek, and Jenny Reisner.

Career

He joined the Imperial Navy as a cadet on April 23, 1878 . After his basic training on land and on the training ship Niobe , Grumme came to the naval school for the first time . He then continued his training on various ships and returned from January 5, 1882 to October 30, 1882 one more time to the naval school. After the successful completion, Grumme received on November 16, 1882 with seniority from December 17, 1881 his officer license as a sub-lieutenant in the sea . He was used as a company officer in the II. Sailor Division and began his journey to East Asia on the steamer Feronia at the beginning of May 1884 , where he served as an officer on watch for the next two years on the gunboat Iltis used in station service. During this time, Grumme was promoted to lieutenant on March 19, 1885 . After his return to Germany, Grumme had various on-board and land commands for the following years, until in 1899 he finally became first officer on the Hohenzollern as corvette captain . Grumme then rose to serve as wing adjutant to Kaiser Wilhelm II . He held this position, interrupted by a leave of absence from October 1901 to mid-August 1902, until September 25, 1904. This day Grumme became the disposition made.

On January 27, 1910 he was given the character of Rear Admiral.

Grumme-Douglas was a landlord on Rehdorf (1,083 hectares ). Politically he was active as a member of the Prussian mansion for life. In 1918 he was a member of the Imperial Yacht Club in Kiel.

Honors

His elevation to the Prussian nobility took place exactly on the day of his wedding on August 9, 1900 at Wilhelmshöhe Palace near Kassel . The Prussian approval for the name association as " von Grumme-Douglas " was granted on February 19, 1912 in Berlin with a diploma from April 19, 1912 in Achilleion .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Countess Ellen Poninski, Wolfgang Zorn:  Douglas, Hugo von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 89 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Grumme-Douglas, Ferdinand von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grumme, Ferdinand von; Grumme, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rear admiral and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1937
Place of death Gut Rehdorf, Neumark