Johann August von Veltheim

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Johann August von Veltheim (born July 13, 1754 in Stolzenau , † February 15, 1829 in Hildesheim ) was a German officer in British service.

Life

family

Johann August von Veltheim was born as the son of Baron Friedrich Adrian von Veltheim (born March 27, 1715 in Destedt ; † May 7, 1765 in Walsrode ), Major General of the Electorate of Hanover and regiment commander of the Electorate of Hanover's Dragoon Regiment "von Ramdohr" . His mother was Johanna Friederike (born June 12, 1728 in Erxleben ; † February 28, 1780 in Osterwieck ), a daughter of Baron Johann August von Alvensleben (1680–1732). His brother was:

  • Friedrich Ulrich von Veltheim (born March 13, 1753 in Stolzenau; † February 7, 1820 in Braunschweig )

Johann August von Veltheim married Amalie Philippine on July 14, 1789 (* June 4, 1772; † March 21, 1832), the youngest daughter of Drosten Ludolph von Hugo (1754–1829), who died in Stolzenau . They had four children together:

  • Charlotte Henriette Wilhelmine Karoline Auguste Agnese Sophie Ulrike Dorothea von Veltheim (born October 20, 1791, † May 30, 1846 in Marienberg , Middle Franconia );
  • Johanna (" Jenny ") Friederike Albertine Dorothea Wilhelmine Karoline Sophie von Veltheim (born April 27, 1793, † January 8, 1884 in Ebstorf );
  • Friederike Auguste von Veltheim (* 1796 - October 31, 1825);
  • Friedrich August Ludolf von Veltheim (* December 12, 1798 in Diepholz , Hunte ; † September 5, 1876 in Ebstorf).

. From 1816 he lived on the traditional noble estate Beienrode near Königslutter in the Hanoverian office of Fallersleben . He died with his family in Hildesheim.

Career

In 1769 he entered the electoral Hanoverian military service in Verden under the direction of his uncle, then Major General Carl August von Veltheim (1718–1781) . On March 2, 1770 he was promoted to prime lieutenant in the bodyguard and shortly afterwards he was transferred to the general staff as chief adjutant of the cavalry of the commanding chief of the Hanoverian troops, Field Marshal Johann Wilhelm von Reden .

In 1782 he visited Strasbourg , Paris and England to study military science .

On October 11, 1783, he was promoted to captain and captain of the 7th Dragoon Regiment.

During the coalition wars he came with the Hanoverian troops to join the allied army in Brabant and Flanders . On May 23, 1793 he took part in the Battle of Famars . In 1795 he returned to Germany with the army from Brabant, but remained stationed on the French border with his regiment, in which he had since been promoted to major . On July 23, 1799 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 1st body regiment . In 1801 he returned to Lüneburg with his regiment in the standing quarters.

In 1805, after Hanover came under French administration ( Convention of Artlenburg ), he entered English services in the King's German Legion . He was involved in the establishment of the 2nd heavy, later 2nd light Dragoon Regiment of the Anglo-German Legion. In the same year he was made a colonel in the British Army. With the regiment whose command he had been given, he moved from Cuxhaven to England in 1806 . Immediately after arriving in England, it went via Canterbury to Deal and Ramsgate . In Deal, Ramsgate, Sandwich and Walmer the regiment took over the coastal service to protect against possible hostile landings.

In 1807 he marched with his regiment through London , Oxford and Coventry through England to Liverpool . From here they moved to Ireland on nine transport ships . In 1808 he was given command of the heavy cavalry brigade, consisting of the 1st and 2nd heavy dragoon regiments of the Anglo-German Legion, stationed in central Ireland. In the autumn of 1808 he came to Tullamore and thence to Ballinasloe and Roscommon and in September 1809 he and his brigade staff were transferred to the south-west district of Fermoy , near Cork . In order to command the heavy cavalry brigade, according to the General Order v. September 13, 1809 command of all the troops of the 7,800-strong Fermoy Division stationed in Killaty, Kilworth, Castlelyons , Rathcormac, Mallow and Fermoy was transferred. Johann August von Veltheim was promoted to Brigadier General at the Staff of Ireland on August 25, 1809 . On May 7th, 1810 he became commander of the 3rd Hussar Regiment of the Anglo-German Legion, which led to his return to England. On July 25, 1810 he was promoted to English major general. On January 24th, 1814 he was appointed commander of the 2nd light dragoon regiment, the legion he had already commanded in Hanover, England and Ireland.

When the Kings German Legion and his regiment were dissolved (from which the Hanoverian Body Cuirassier Regiment emerged in 1816), he was released from active British service in Emden on February 24, 1816 and retired.

In May 1822 he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general by regent Georg IV in Hanover .

He was elected a member of the state estates of the Kingdom of Hanover by the Lüneburg knighthood .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, 7th year, 1st part, pp. 182-185 . BF Voigt, 1831 ( google.de [accessed March 7, 2018]).
  2. ↑ RootsWeb's World Connect Project: KingsnKastles, the Aristocrat's Genealogy. Retrieved March 7, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Königl.-Grossbrittannischer and Churfürstl.-Braunschweig-Lüneburgscher Staatskalender: on the… year of Christ, in which the state register of the royal governments and other high civil and military servants in the German states together with a genealogical register of all the most eminent high houses in Europe located. 1784, p. 88 . 1784 ( google.de [accessed on March 8, 2018]).
  4. ^ Archives for history, genealogy, diplomacy and related subjects . Cast, 1847 ( google.de [accessed March 8, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Veltheim, Johann August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer in British service
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Stolzenau
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1829
Place of death Hildesheim