George Wilhelm von Sydow

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George Wilhelm von Sydow (born June 11, 1699 in Blumberg ; † March 31, 1767 in Altdamm ) was a Prussian district administrator . From 1754 until his death he was in charge of Randow's circle in Pomerania .

He came from the very noble Sydow family . His father George Heinrich von Sydow (* 1661; † 1725) was the heir to Blumberg and an officer first in the Danish and then in the Swedish service, from which he retired in 1696 as a lieutenant colonel. His mother Eleonore (* 1674, † 1732) was the daughter of Esaias von Pufendorf , a diplomat in the Swedish and Danish services. His older brother Carl Friedrich von Sydow (* 1698, † 1763) became district administrator and regional director, his younger brother Gustav Adolph von Sydow (* 1715; † 1772) became a Prussian officer, most recently major general and head of a garrison regiment.

George Wilhelm von Sydow served in the Prussian army from 1715 to 1725 .

In 1754 George Wilhelm von Sydow became district administrator of the Randow district. In this position he succeeded his older brother Carl Friedrich von Sydow, who had been district administrator since 1743 and became regional director in Western Pomerania around 1754. George Wilhelm von Sydow lived as a district administrator in the town of Altdamm , east of Stettin. He exercised the office of district administrator until his death in 1767; Carl Bogislav von Ramin succeeded him in office .

After the death of his father he inherited a share of 1/4 of the Woltersdorf estate . In 1736 and 1739 he bought the other shares in Woltersdorf. But he got into economic difficulties and had to sell Woltersdorf to his brother Carl Friedrich von Sydow in 1752.

In 1726 he married Sabine Eleonore (* 1697; † 1777), also a born von Sydow. The marriage resulted in nine children.

literature

  • Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 1001 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Footnotes

  1. ^ A b c Hans von Sydow: Genealogy of the family von Sydow . Schlotke, Hamburg 1897, p. 53 f. Online .
personal data
SURNAME Sydow, George Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sydow, Georg Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH Blumberg
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1767
Place of death Old dam