Gustav from Le Coq
Karl Emil Gustav Le Coq , from 1838 by Le Coq , (born August 27, 1799 in Berlin ; † January 3, 1880 ibid) was a Prussian diplomat .
Life
origin
His parents were the legation councilor and Berlin police chief Paul Ludwig Le Coq (1773-1824) and his wife Charlotte Elisabeth Lefevre (* 1766; † December 4, 1840).
Career
He studied law in Göttingen and Berlin . He then completed the preparatory service for employment in the Prussian judicial and administrative service. In 1822 he entered the diplomatic service and became an attaché at the Prussian legation in Paris . A year later he was an unskilled worker in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1831, Le Coq was appointed real Legation Councilor and Lecturing Councilor. Four years later he was appointed Secret Legation Councilor. In 1834 and 1835 he was involved in negotiations in Vienna about the "revolutionary activities". In 1836 he was acting head of the political department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1842 he was envoy to Constantinople . In the meantime he received waiting allowance from 1847. Between 1847 and 1854 Le Coq was a member of the Prussian State Council . From 1850 he was initially acting and from 1851 definitely undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After his departure he received waiting allowance again in 1854, before he became the Prussian envoy in Stockholm in 1857 . He retired in 1859 with the rank of a true secret council. He belonged to the first chamber of the Prussian state parliament and from 1863 to the manor house .
family
He married on September 30, 1834 Wilhelmine Susanne Charlotte Henriette Mertzdorff (* October 25, 1810, † December 16, 1843). The couple had several children:
- Karl Ludwig Adolf (born November 1, 1836; † November 5, 1892), city judge ⚭ 1868 Marie von Obstfelder (born February 19, 1841)
- Antoniette Magdalena Elisabeth (born August 29, 1838)
- Klara Anna Eugenie (born October 27, 1841)
- Viktoria Konstanze Amalie (born August 28, 1843)
literature
- Protocols of the Prussian State Ministry, vol. 2 p. 427.
- Bärbel Holtz (edit.): The minutes of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Vol. 4 / II. (1848-1858). Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 2003, ISBN 3-487-11825-4 , ( Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): Acta Borussica . New series.) S. 604.
- Marcelli Janecki , Handbook of the Prussian Nobility , Volume 2, p.400 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New general nobility dictionary. Vol. 5. Leipzig, 1864 p. 429.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Le Coq, Gustav von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Le Coq, Karl Emil Gustav von (full name); Le Coq, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1880 |
| Place of death | Berlin |