Otto Friedrich op dem Hamme called von Schoeppingk

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Otto Friedrich op dem Hamme called von Schoeppingk (1860)

Otto Friedrich op dem Hamme called von Schoeppingk ( Russian : Отто Дмитриевич Шеппинг, born July 1, 1790 in Courland ; † January 13, 1874 in Wiesbaden ) was a German-Baltic nobleman and major general in the Imperial Russian Army .

Life

He was educated at the Jesuit boarding school in Saint Petersburg and began his service as a cadet at the College of Foreign Affairs in 1805 . In January 1810 he was sent to the Russian diplomatic mission in Berlin . He came back on January 1, 1811 and was employed as a translator in the Foreign Ministry . In 1812 he joined the public service in the Imperial Russian Army and was on duty as an officer cadet in an artillery - company . In the same year he was promoted to ensign and experienced his first military service during the Patriotic War of 1812. He fought in Vitebsk , Smolensk , Borodin, Tarutyne and Maloyaroslavz and marched with the Russian army to Paris . In December 1812, he was in the cavalry - Guard - Regiment was added and the Adjutant General Major General Alexander Ivanovich Chernyshev appointed. He was promoted to captain on December 1, 1814, and appointed adjutant to Tsar Alexander I on August 1, 1815 . In 1817 he was assigned a special assignment to accompany the future wife of the future Tsar Nicholas I, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, to Russia.

On December 12, 1817 he was promoted to colonel , in 1819 he became deputy chief of staff of the Guard Corps and on November 28, 1824 he was discharged from the army with the rank of major general with full honors and privileges . In 1863 he was elected a member of the State Council by the Moscow nobility , but was not politically active. For the last twenty years of his life he lived with his family mainly in Paris; he died on January 13, 1874 at the age of 83 in Wiesbaden.

Family coat of arms of those Op dem Hamme called von Schoeppingk

Awards

Origin and family

Maria Dmitrewna Chertkowa (1822)

Otto Friedrich came from the German-Baltic noble family Op dem Hamme gen. Von Schoeppingk , which had been based in the Baltic States since the middle of the 16th century . His father was Dietrich Ernst op dem Hamme gen. Von Schoeppingk (1749-1818), who was married to Elisabeth von Stackelberg (1760-1837). His brother was the Russian privy councilor Magnus Friedrich op dem Hamme called von Schoeppingk (1779–1855). Otto Friedrich married Maria Dmitrewna Chertkowa (* 1799, † 1894 in Wiesbaden) in 1822, their son was Dmitri Ottowitsch op dem Hamme called von Schoeppingk (* 1823 in Saint Petersburg, † 1895 in Moscow), who became a well-known archaeologist and Ethnologist in Russia.

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SURNAME Op dem Hamme called von Schoeppingk, Otto Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Шеппинг, Отто Дмитриевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian major general
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Courland
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1874
Place of death Wiesbaden