Minister of the Kingdom of Hanover
This article lists the ministers of the Hanoverian Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg from 1692 and those of the Kingdom of Hanover from 1814 to 1866.
Minister of the German Chancellery until 1837
The Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg and (from 1814), the Kingdom of Hanover were from 1714 to 1837 with Great Britain in personal union connected. The German Chancellery in London dealt with the most important business, including foreign affairs, until it was dissolved in 1837. The German Chancellery was an immediate authority with (since 1730) only one minister, who was very influential on the monarch.
- 1714–1720 Andreas Gottlieb Baron von Bernstorff
- 1720–1730 Hans Kaspar Graf von Bothmer
- 1725–1727 Christian Ulrich von Hardenberg
- 1728–1737 Johann Philipp von Hattorf
- 1737–1748 Ernst von Steinberg
- 1748–1762 Philipp Adolph von Münchhausen
- 1762–1771 Johann Burchard von Behr
- 1771–1795 Johann Friedrich Karl von Alvensleben
- 1795 Georg August von Steinberg
- 1795–1805 Ernst Ludwig Julius von Lenthe
- 1805–1831 Ernst Friedrich Herbert Count von Münster-Ledeburg, Baron von Grothaus
- 1831–1837 Ludwig Conrad Georg von Ompteda
Cabinet Minister since 1837
After the end of the personal union in 1837, King Ernst August allowed the previous ministers to continue their work as heads of department and retained only a single cabinet minister, who was thus given the position of leading state chancellor.
- 1837–1844 Georg Victor Friedrich Diedrich von Schele
- 1845–1848 Georg Friedrich Freiherr von Falcke
Departments 1816–1832
Actual ministries as authorities were not set up until 1832, before the ministers presided over government departments.
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Department of Border and Territorial Affairs
- 1816–1823 Friedrich Franz Dieterich von Bremer
- 1823–1831 Ludwig Conrad Georg von Ompteda
- 1831–1832 Friedrich Franz Dietrich von Bremer
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Department of Foreign Affairs
- 1816–1832 Friedrich Franz Dietrich von Bremer
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Justice Department
- 1816–1827 Ernst August Rumann
- 1827–1832 Justus von Schmidt-Phiseldeck
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Departments of feudal matters (1832 to the Ministry of Justice, 1848–1850 independent Ministry, 1850–1858 to the Ministry of Finance, 1858–1866 to the Ministry of the Royal House)
- 1816–1818 Claus from the ceiling
- 1818–1823 Friedrich Franz Dietrich von Bremer
- 1823–1828 Baron Carl Friedrich Alexander von Arnswaldt
- 1828–1832 Baron Carl Wilhelm August von Stralenheim
- Departments of university matters, spiritual and school matters and monastic matters
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War Chancellery
- 1816–1823 Adolph Frederick, Duke of Cambridge , President
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Department of the for (before) the Kgl. Ministry related military matters
- 1816–1823 Friedrich Franz Dieterich von Bremer
- 1823–1831 Ludwig Conrad Georg von Ompteda
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Department of General Finance
- 1816–1831 Friedrich Franz Dieterich von Bremer
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Department of Domestic, Chamber and Customs Matters
- 1816–1823 Claus from the ceiling
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Department of general financial matters, including domain, chamber and customs matters
- 1824–1831 Friedrich Franz Dieterich von Bremer
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Department of Commerce and Manufacture Causes
- 1816–1822 Claus from the ceiling
- 1822–1831 Franz August von Meding
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Department of general financial matters, including landscape, domain, chamber and customs matters, commercial and manufacturing causes
- 1831–1832 Caspar Detlev Schulte
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Department of Postal Matters
- 1816–1832 Friedrich Franz Dieterich von Bremer
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Department of Mining and Resin Matters
- 1816–1822 Claus from the ceiling
- 1822–1832 Franz August von Meding
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Department of General Police and City Affairs
- 1816–1822 Claus from the ceiling
- 1822–1831 Franz August von Meding
- 1831–1832 Johann Caspar von der Wisch
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Removable Department
- 1816–1822 Claus from the ceiling
- 1822–1824 Franz August von Meding
- 1824–1831 Ludwig Conrad Georg von Ompteda
- 1831–1832 Johann Caspar von der Wisch
- Department of National Economic Matters
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Department of Internal Affairs
- 1831–1832 Johann Caspar von der Wisch
Minister since the line ministries were established from 1832 to 1848
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1832–1837 Carl August Graf von Alten
- 1837–1844 Georg Victor Friedrich Diedrich von Schele
- 1844–1848 Georg Friedrich von Falcke
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Ministry of Justice
- 1832–1847 Baron Carl Wilhelm August von Stralenheim
- 1847–1848 Eduard August Friedrich von Schele
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Ministry of Spiritual and Educational Matters (Ministry of Education)
- 1832–1847 Baron Carl Wilhelm August von Stralenheim
- 1847–1848 Carl Anton Wilhelm Graf von Wedel
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War Ministry
- 1831–1840 Carl August Graf von Alten
- 1840–1847 Ferdinand Hans Ludolf von Kielmannsegg
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Ministry of Finance and Commerce
- 1832–1846 Caspar Detlev Schulte
- 1847–1848 Eduard Georg Ludwig William Howe Count von Kielmansegge
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Ministry of the Interior
- 1832–1848 Johann Caspar von der Wisch
Ministries under King Ernst August 1848 to 1851
It was not until 1848 that the ministers formed a unified ministry of the kingdom as equal ministers after the establishment of the exclusive and only cabinet minister and the subordination of the department ministers as a result of the constitutional changes of 1848 had been abolished. In 1848 a Ministry of the Royal House was also established.
1. Ministry 1848–1850
- Foreign affairs: Alexander Levin Graf von Bennigsen
- Justice: Otto Albrecht von Düring
- Leanings: Carl Anton Wilhelm Graf von Wedel
- Cult: August Theodor Braun
- War: Victor Prott
- Finances: Wilhelm Lehzen
- Inside: Johann Carl Bertram Stüve
- Kgl. House: Alexander Levin Graf von Bennigsen
2. Ministry 1850–1851
- Foreign affairs: Alexander Freiherr von Münchhausen
- Justice: Rudolph Carl Christian August von Rössing
- Cult: Georg Theodor Meyer
- War: Carl Jacobi
- Finances: Wilhelm Carl Conrad Freiherr von Hammerstein-Loxten
- Inside: Christian Wilhelm Lindemann
- Kgl. House: Alexander Freiherr von Münchhausen
Ministries under King George V (1851–1866)
1. Ministry 1851-1853
- Foreign affairs: Eduard August Friedrich Freiherr von Schele
- Justice: Ludwig Windthorst
- Cult: Georg Heinrich Justus Bacmeister (until 1852), then: Carl Jobst August von Reiche
- War: Eberhard von Brandis
- Finances: Friedrich von der Betten (until 1852), then: Georg Heinrich Justus Bacmeister
- Inside: Wilhelm Otto Friedrich von Borries (until 1852), then: Wilhelm Carl Conrad Freiherr von Hammerstein-Loxten
- Kgl. House: Eduard August Friedrich Freiherr von Schele
2. Ministry 1853–1855
- Foreign affairs: Ernst Ludwig Julius von Lenthe
- Justice: Ferdinand Arnold von dem Busch
- Cult: Heinrich Bergmann
- War: Eberhard von Brandis
- Finances: Eduard Christian von Lütcken
- Inside: Johann Friedrich Adolph Ferdinand Wedemeyer
- Kgl. House: Eduard Christian von Lütcken
3. Ministry 1855–1862
- Foreign affairs: Adolf Ludwig Karl Graf von Platen-Hallermund
- Justice: Friedrich von der Betten (until 1862), then: Ermann Erich Ludewig von Bar
- Cult: Carl Friedrich Ernst August von Bothmer (until 1861), then: Ermann Erich Ludewig von Bar (commissioned)
- War: Eberhard von Brandis
- Finances: Eduard Georg Ludwig William Howe Graf von Kielmansegge
- Inside: Wilhelm Friedrich Otto Graf (since 1860) von Borries
- Kgl. House: Eduard Georg Ludwig William Howe Count von Kielmansegg
4. Ministry 1862–1865
- Foreign affairs: Adolf Ludwig Karl Graf von Platen-Hallermund
- Justice: Ludwig Windthorst
- Cult: Carl Wilhelm Franz Lichtenberg
- War: Eberhard Freiherr von Brandis
- Finances: Carl Erxleben (politician, 1814)
- Inside: Wilhelm Carl Conrad Freiherr von Hammerstein-Loxten
- Kgl. House: Carl Otto Unico Ernst von Malortie
5. Ministry 1865–1866
- Foreign affairs: Adolf Ludwig Karl Graf von Platen-Hallermund
- Justice: Gerhard Adolph Wilhelm Leonhardt
- Cult: Bodo von Hodenberg
- War: Eberhard Freiherr von Brandis
- Finances: Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Dieterichs
- Inside: Georg Heinrich Justus Bacmeister
- Kgl. House: Carl Otto Unico Ernst von Malortie
literature
- Iselin Gundermann, Walther Hubatsch (ed.): Outline of German administrative history 1815–1945 . Series A, Vol. 10: Hannover, Marburg / Lahn 1981, ISBN 3-87969-125-8 , p.?.
Individual evidence
- ^ Torsten Riotte : Hanover in British Politics (1792-1815): Dynastic connection as an element of foreign policy decision-making processes . LIT Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 3825875512 , p. 52.
- ^ Johann Caspar von der Wisch , in: Ostfriesische Landschaft
- ^ Ferdinand Frensdorff : Wedemeyer, Adolf , in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie , Vol. 41 (1896), pp. 414f .; Transcription as a German biography