Gotthard of Timroth
Gotthard Timroth (full name Gotthard Ferdinand Emmerich Albert , Russian Готгард Готгардович Тимрот ; born 27 jul. / 8. February 1868 greg. In Riga in the Governorate of Livonia , Russian Empire ; † 11. November 1941 in Dresden ) was a German Baltic officer and major general in the Imperial Russian Army .
Life
origin
Gotthard was a descendant of the German-Baltic Timroth family in Courland . The noble family Timroth is a registered member of the Courland Knighthood .
Military career
He served in the Russian army up to the rank of major general and was chief of staff of the Baltic State Armed Forces after the First World War . In the Strasdenhof armistice on July 3, 1919, he was a negotiator for the Latvian government of Andrievs Niedra . Timroth also acted as town commander of Mitau and was commander of all volunteer corps in Courland.
Von Timroth died in Dresden in 1941 and was buried in the north cemetery. He had been a knight of the Order of St. George since 1919 .
Web links
- MH von Timroth: Genealogia Thiemerothiana , Helsingfors Slaktforskare, Uppsatser XIII, 2001 (Russian translation "Тороповские Страницы", pp. 64-87 ) (PDF; 12.2 MB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ See www.baltische-ritterschaften.de ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Volume 120, CA Starke, 1999, p. 305.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Timroth, Gotthard from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Готгард Готгардович Тимрот (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic officer and major general in the Imperial Russian Army |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga , Livonia Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1941 |
| Place of death | Dresden |