Klaus von Baranoff

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Klaus Gustav von Baranoff (born May 18, 1753 in Reval , † April 12, 1814 in Dorpat ) was an Estonian lawyer and district administrator .

Life

Klaus Gustav studied law at the University of Leipzig in 1768 . He then held the posts of hook judge and later district judge in Estonia . From 1799 to 1810 he was an Estonian district administrator and higher regional judge . From 1799 he was the curator appointed by the Estonian knighthood at the newly founded University of Dorpat , which began teaching in 1802.

Freemasons

In Estonia and Livonia, the offices of land judges and their two assessors were largely given to the nobility . The reorganization in 1783 also meant that these posts were filled by former officers who had ended their active careers. Of the 23 known county captains - some of them fine judge called - were four Freemasons , this was Klaus Gustav von Baranov (Loge Isis) for the district of Tallinn, Philipp Axel Freiherr von Köhler (Loge brotherly love, from 1818 Loge Three armed hammers) for Haapsalu , Georg Gustav von Wrangell (Lodge Isis) for Wesenberg and Otto Hermann von Mohrenschild (Lodge Bruderliebe) for Weißenstein .

Origin and family

The Baranoff family came from an ancient Russian aristocratic family, whose ancestors lived in Estonia and Livonia in the mid-16th century . His father was the Estonian district administrator, Baltic landowner and Russian real councilor Karl Gustav von Baranoff (1713–1796). This was Mr. von Waetz , Penningby, Arroküll , Rabbifer (municipality Kohila ), Pergel, Groß-Lechtigall , Niens, Allenküll , Tacknal and Bremerfeld in Estonia and Kardis ( Jõgeva (rural municipality) ) in Livonia. These goods passed into his possession after the death of his father. His mother was Margarethe Elisabeth von Baranoff, born von Derfelden adH Klosterhof (1715–1801) in Livonia. Klaus Gustav married Eleonora Christina Elisabeth Freiin Gylienstjerna af Lundholm (1759–1800) in Ronneburg ( Latvia ) in 1776 . Her descendants were:

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Kaplunovskiy, "Even in Moskva I have cause to be satisfied" : Christian von Schlözer's private correspondence with the family. Academic lifeworlds, knowledge and culture transfer in Russia at the beginning of the 19th century, Volume 5 of Mainz Contributions to the History of Eastern Europe, Verlag LIT Verlag Münster, 2014, ISBN 3643118163 [1] page 211, footnote 241, accessed on December 27, 2017
  2. ↑ Isis (Reval), from Freemason Wiki [2]
  3. ^ Henning von Wistinghausen , Freemasons and Enlightenment in the Russian Empire: The Revaler Lodge 1773-1820. With a biographical lexicon, Volume 1 of Freemasons and Enlightenment in the Russian Empire: Die Revaler Logen 1773-1820, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2016, ISBN 341250131X page 455 , accessed December 26, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Baranoff, Klaus von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baranoff, Klaus Gustav von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian district administrator and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH Reval
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1814
Place of death Dorpat