Johann Heinrich von Drost

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Johann Heinrich von Drost or Johann Dietrich Drost and Johann Droste (* 1731 at the Sängerhof in Dinker near Soest ; † 1791 ) was a Prussian major and chief of III. Standing Grenadier Battalion .

Life

Origin and family

Johann was a member of the Brandenburg line of the Munsterland noble family Droste zu Hülshoff on the estate Hofe (which went bankrupt in 1698), Sengerhof, Klotinghoff and Ebinghoff. His father was Gottfried von Drost († 1736).

His presumed relative Alhard V. Droste zu Hülshoff, owner since 1686, was enfeoffed with Gut Sengerhof in 1713, then allegedly himself. The enfeoffment ended in 1736 and the officer Hans Heinrich von Zastrow , owner since 1729, was given by King Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Prussia enfeoffed Sengerhof House, who built the still existing manor house .

He was married to Clara Elisabeth von Ramspath. No children from this marriage are known.

Career

Drost took effect on September 13, 1749 as a cadet in the Füsilierregiment no. 44 (Gaudi) and denied henceforth an officer's career in the Prussian army . On November 8, 1751, he was promoted to ensign , on October 9, 1756, to seconde - and on April 13, 1760, to prime lieutenant . He took part in the Seven Years' War . His promotion to Staff Captain took place on 10 June 1766 which the real captain in 1768. After 1782 the Major (according to another source to lieutenant colonel had risen), it was on 4 June 1784 as successor Johann Wilhelm Leopold of Borckes the last commander of grenadier battalion no. 3. This was formed from two companies each of regiments no. 41 (Jung-Woldeck) and no. 44 (Gaudi) and dissolved in 1787.

literature

  • Anton Balthasar King : Johann Heinrich von Drost . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 388 ( Johann Heinrich von Drost at Wikisource [PDF]).
  • Anton Fahne : History of the Westphalian families with special consideration of their relocation to Prussia, Curland and Liefland , 1858, p. 116b (family tree)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Johann Holsenbürger: The gentlemen v. Eckenbrock (by Droste-Hülshoff) and their possessions . Regensberg, Münster 1868, p. 96
  2. ^ Johann Holsenbürger: The gentlemen v. Eckenbrock (by Droste-Hülshoff) and their possessions . Münster 1868, p. 17.
  3. ↑ Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in Westphalia-Lippe, Sengerhof ( Memento from July 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Landesarchiv NRW, Westphalia department A 450 Sä complete archive of Landsberg-Velen (Dep.), Sängerhof.
  5. ^ Anton Fahne : History of the Westphalian families with special consideration of their relocation to Prussia, Curland and Liefland , 1858, p. 116b.
  6. ↑ Brief list of all regiments and rankings of all regiments of the Royal Prussian Army . Berlin 1786, p. 106.
  7. ^ Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great , Leipzig 1853, p. 283.
personal data
SURNAME Drost, Johann Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drost, Johann Dietrich; Droste, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major and chief of III. Standing Grenadier Battalion
DATE OF BIRTH 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinker near Soest
DATE OF DEATH 1791