Franz von Duesberg

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Franz von Duesberg

Franz Gerhard Xaver Duesberg , from 1840 from Duesberg (partly also from Düesberg ) (born January 11, 1793 in Borken , † December 11, 1872 in Münster ), was a German lawyer , Prussian finance minister , crown syndicate and politician.

Life

Duesberg came from an old Borken family, from which a number of mayors emerged at the beginning of the 18th century. In the middle of the 18th century, Jodokus Ferdnand Duesberg went to Münster and was a real court chamber councilor and postmaster. His grandson was Theodor Duesberg , district administrator of the Wiedenbrück district . Franz von Duesberg attended grammar school in Münster , later in Verden and finally in Mainz. He studied law in Münster and Brussels. Duesberg became a member of the Napoleonic "Garde d'Honneur" in 1813, but joined the Prussian army that same year. In the years 1814/1815 he participated in the wars of liberation and left the Prussian army in 1815 as royal Prussian prime lieutenant .

He began his civil service career in 1816 in the Prussian judicial service, became a court trainee at the Higher Regional Court in Münster in 1817 , in 1819 a court assessor at the Higher Regional Court in Ratibor and in 1821 came to the Higher Regional Court in Paderborn . In 1826 he became a member of the Legislative Commission and in 1831/1832 he was a secret judge in the Ministry of Justice. In 1832 he became a secret finance councilor.

In 1834 he became a secret senior judiciary and senior auditor. In 1836 Duesberg became a member of the Prussian State Council , in 1837 Deputy State Secretary and in 1838 State Secretary. In 1841 he became a real secret senior judiciary and ministerial director and from 1841 to 1846 was director of the Catholic department in the Prussian Ministry of Education. In 1842 he became a member of the Law Commission and from June 1842 to November 1846 lecturer in the State Ministry and the Secret Civil Cabinet .

Haus Geist around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

From August 1846 to March 1848 Duesberg was Prussian Minister of Finance. This made him the first ever Catholic minister in Prussia. With the beginning of the March Revolution , he resigned. In 1849 he was commissioner of the Prussian crown and chairman of the provisional federal arbitration court of the Erfurt Union Parliament . From 1850 to 1871 he was President of the Prussian Province of Westphalia and in 1854 became Crown Syndicate. In 1871 he left active service at his own request and has lived in Haus Geist near Münster ever since.

Duesberg was a member of the Prussian State Council from 1836 to 1848. In 1850 he was a member of the Erfurt State House, from 1851 to 1854 a member of the First Chamber in the Alvensleben parliamentary group and from 1854 until his death (1872) a member of the Prussian manor house .

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personal data
SURNAME Duesberg, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duesberg, Franz Gerhard Xaver von; Düesberg, Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Bark
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1872
Place of death Muenster