Henning von Bassewitz

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Henning Friedrich Carl Graf von Bassewitz , also Henning Carl Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz , with the addition of the ownership name also von Bassewitz-Schwiessel (born October 27, 1814 in Schwerin ; † December 15, 1885 in Sternberg ) was Mecklenburg-Strelitzsch Councilor, Mecklenburg-Schwerinscher Minister of State and member of the constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation .

family

Henning von Bassewitz came from the old Mecklenburg noble family von Bassewitz . He was the son of the chamberlain and landowner on Prebberede , Adolph Christian Ulrich Graf von Bassewitz (1787–1841), and his wife Wilhelmine Luise Albertine Karoline, nee. von Levetzow (1794–1862). He was married to (Karoline Georgine) Marie, born in 1847. from Behr . He had two sons and three daughters. A grandson, Georg Henning Graf von Bassewitz-Behr , was the heir to Schwiessel , Walkendorf and Dorotheenwalde near Teterow .

Life

Bassewitz studied law in Rostock and Berlin . In Rostock he became a member of the Corps Vandalia Rostock in 1834 . He prepared for the Prussian state service, but entered Mecklenburg-Strelitz's service in 1842 , where he was a member of the grand ducal court as chamberlain and a member of the government there from 1842 to 1848 as a councilor. When the government was reshuffled in Mecklenburg-Strelitz in the course of the 1848 revolution, he was decommissioned in 1848. From 1851 Bassewitz was district administrator of the Duchy of Güstrow , which included the estate Wendish district of Mecklenburg. In addition, Bassewitz is mentioned as a landowner on Schwiessel.

From 1867 he was a member of the constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation and of the customs parliament for the constituency of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 4 ( knightly goods ).

From 1869 to 1885 he was President of the State Ministry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Court of the Grand Ducal House there. In addition, he was an authorized representative at the Federal Council of the German Empire.

swell

  • Anke John: Bassewitz Henning Friedrich Carl, Count of . In: Biographical Lexicon for Mecklenburg . Vol. 7 (2013), pp. 14-16.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From 1843 onwards it always appears under this form of name in the state calendars of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
  2. ↑ Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook. (= Photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989. ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , short biography p. 373.
  3. ↑ Probably from the Roggow house
  4. ^ Partly based on Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Gräfliche Häuser, 1891, p. 65.
  5. ↑ In the matriculation there it is NOT detectable!
  6. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 185 , 365.
  7. ↑ Incorrect in other sources: from 1853
  8. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 270.
  9. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Graefliche Häuser 1891 p. 65.

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personal data
SURNAME Bassewitz, Henning von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bassewitz, Henning Friedrich Carl von (full name); Bassewitz, Henning Carl Friedrich von (full name); Bassewitz-Schwiessel, Henning von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Government official, minister of state, member of the Reichstag
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1885
Place of death Sternberg