Friedrich August von Leutsch

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Friedrich August von Leutsch (born February 28, 1757 in Sangerhausen ; † July 3, 1818 in Celle ) was a German lawyer, Saxon diplomat and Hanoverian court vice-president.

Life

Coat of arms of Friedrich August von Leutsch (1791)

Friedrich August von Leutsch was the son of the Electoral Saxon captain David Ernst von Leutsch and came from a baronial family of the Saxon nobility , which was related to the von Lindenau family . After studying at the University of Wittenberg , he first became court and councilor at the government in Dresden , then an advocate at the Imperial Court of Justice in Wetzlar . Later, as the Royal Saxon Privy Councilor, he was extraordinary envoy and authorized minister of the Kingdom of Saxony, first to the Principality of Aschaffenburg , then from 1810 to the resulting Grand Duchy of Frankfurt under Prince Primate Karl Theodor von Dalberg in Frankfurt am Main until its abolition in 1813. In 1816 he joined the Served the Kingdom of Hanover and was Vice-President of the Higher Appeal Court in Celle until his death .

He was married to Caroline Christiane Hoffmann (1775-1820) since 1796. There were seven children from the marriage: Friedrich Ernst (1797–1852), Royal Hanoverian Judicial Councilor; Karl Christian (1798–1881), historian and author; Auguste (1800-1806); Albert (1802–1867), officer; Ernst Ludewig (1808–1887), classical philologist; Otto Wilhelm (1811–1884), officer, and Auguste (1812–1817).

literature

  • Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradeligen houses , Volume 16 (1919).

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personal data
SURNAME Leutsch, Friedrich August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, Saxon diplomat, Hanoverian court vice-president
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH Sangerhausen
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1818
Place of death Celle