Ferdinand of Lamezan

Ferdinand Freiherr von Lamezan (born April 10, 1843 in Landau in the Palatinate , † September 18, 1896 in Munich ) was a German diplomat .

Life

origin

Ferdinand von Lamezan was a son of the officer Gustav Freiherr von Lamezan and his wife Sophie, née Freiin Stromer von Reichenbach .

Military career

He attended the high school of the Bavarian Cadet Corps in Munich and joined the 1st Artillery Regiment "Prince Luitpold" of the Bavarian Army on May 16, 1859 as a Junker . After one month he was promoted to lieutenant on June 21, 1859 . On July 5, 1866, he was promoted to first lieutenant . In 1866 Lamezan took part in the Austro-Prussian War. From 1868 to 1869 he studied at the War Academy in Munich.

At war against France Lamezan took 1870/71 with the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment "Queen Mother" part. In the battle of Beaugency on December 8, 1870, he suffered a serious wound - his foot was shattered by shrapnel - but, lying on the ground, he continued in command of the guns entrusted to him and directed fire on those advancing towards his position enemy troops. For this he was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and the Knight's Cross II. Class of the Military Merit Order. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Beaugency in 1895 he was awarded the Order of the Crown, 2nd class.

Diplomatic career

In June 1871, Lamezan resigned from military service as a result of his injuries. In the following years he was later still captain a. D. (14 December 1874) and appointed him on 13 April 1888, the character as Major awarded. Instead of his military career, Lamezan decided on a civil service career: from 1871 to 1873 he studied law and political science in Munich. The completion of his training marked the passing of the 1st legal exam in July 1873.

On October 17, 1873, Lamezan was accepted into the administrative service of the Alsace-Lorraine region, which came to the German Empire in 1871 as the "Reichslande" .

After being accepted as an official in the Foreign Service (consular career), Lamezan was officially drafted into the Foreign Office on July 7, 1874 . He took up service on July 15, 1874.

On December 31, 1875, Lamezan was appointed Vice Consul at the German Consulate General in Odessa . He began his service there on February 1, 1876 and remained in this post until October 29, 1876. On October 31, 1876, he was transferred to the consulate in St. Petersburg (entry into service on November 2, 1876). In addition to the consulate in the Russian capital, he was also employed at the German embassy. From June 25 to July 8, 1877 he was acting as head of the consulate.

On April 29, 1878, Lamezan was appointed German consul in Helsingfors , Finland . He took over the business there on June 26, 1878. He remained in this post until December 24, 1884. During the six and a half years of his transfer to Helsingfors, Lamezan was given two leave of absence for a few months to take on other tasks. April to July 2, 1881, to head the German consulate in St. Petersburg again provisionally, and from June 28 to October 12, 1883, to work temporarily in Department IB (personnel and cash matters) and department for a few months II (trade policy and law) of the Foreign Office.

On November 10, 1884, Lamezan was transferred to Tbilisi (practical takeover of the business there on February 27, 1885). He remained in this post until April 3, 1887.

On February 27, 1887, Lamezan was entrusted with the management of the consulate in St. Petersburg (taking over the business on April 10, 1887). He remained in this post until April 6, 1892. During this time he was officially promoted to the rank of consul (June 20, 1887). Due to his familiarity with the economic situation in Russia, he was called in to the German-Russian trade treaty negotiations in 1893-94 as a commissioner.

On March 26, 1892, Lamezan was appointed consul general in Antwerp (taking over the business on June 3, 1892). He stayed here until July 27, 1896. During this time he was temporarily employed in the Foreign Office from September 23, 1893 to March 18, 1894. He also took part as a German delegate at the German-Russian Customs Conference from December 19, 1895 to January 17, 1896 and at the same time temporarily headed the German consulate in Brussels.

family

Lamezan married Magdalene Hauff on November 3, 1877, a daughter of the Commerce Council and Vice-Consul in St. Petersburg Gustav Hauff . The daughters Hedwig (* June 7, 1880), Elsa (* November 6, 1881), Magdalene (* January 10, 1884) and the sons Albrecht (1878–1946), Ferdinand (* April 13, 1885) , Kurt (* July 19, 1886), Wilhelm (* March 22, 1888) and Hugo (* April 3, 1891, † 1947. Sea captain of the Navy ).

Fonts

• Development of the German colony in Finland. in: Correspondence sheet of the German school association in Berlin.
• Forests and forest use in Finland from an economic point of view. in: Journal of the Royal Prussian Statistical Bureau. XXIV. (1884).

literature

• Biographical handbook of the German Foreign Service. 1871-1945. Volume 3: L-R. P. 4f.
• Obituaries in: Anton Bettelsheim: Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Volume 1, 1897, pp. 210f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Walter Lohmann , Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume III, main chapter XXIX, chapter 1, p. 196