Peter Texier
Joseph Peter Texier , also Pierre Texier (born March 23, 1738 in Hamburg , † March 30, 1818 in Hamburg-Altona ) was a diplomat of German origin in the Dutch and Danish services.
Life
Peter Texier was the son of Bernhard Texier and Louise, a daughter of Claude Guillaumot de la Bergerie .
As legation secretary, Texier represented the Dutch envoy in Hamburg from 1754 to 1756. Texier was secretary of the Dutch embassy in Lisbon in 1756 , in 1758 in the same position in Copenhagen and from 1760 to 1762 secretary to the Dutch envoy Jan Jacob Mauricius (1692–1768) in Hamburg . In 1763 he entered the service of Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann . In May 1768 he accompanied King Christian VII on his trip abroad as treasurer. In 1769 he received the title of ambassador, in 1774 he became auditor general of the royal. Lottery and its first administrator in 1775, Danish consul in Danzig in 1777, and first director of the royal family in 1782. Trade and sewer company in Altona . Over the years he has made numerous trips to find investment opportunities for the Danish state, mainly to the Netherlands. In 1805 he became a secret legation councilor, and in 1815 he took leave of his post of director of the royal. dan. Fisheries and Trade Institute in Altona. In 1809 he was awarded the Dannebrog Order .
In 1780 he married Marguerite Godeffroy (1755-1804), a daughter of Cesar Godeffroy (1706-1758) . In 1781 the daughter Louise Janette was born, who later married the scientist Johann Gottfried Schmeisser (1767–1837). After the death of his wife, Peter Texier entered into a second marriage with Fräulein Plohr in 1807.
Joseph Peter (Pierre) had a brother Peter (Pierre) Texier (1716–1791). He was a merchant and was appointed broker / auctioneer in Hamburg in 1765 . He was married to Marie Jacobée Chaunel (1726–1813), a daughter of the merchant and banker Jean Pierre Chaunel (1703–1789) and his wife Marie Jacobée Boué (1712–1730).
Works
- JP Texier's trip through Spain and Portugal and from there to England . Edited from posthumous texts by Ludwig Koch, First Department, Hamm, 1825
- Review: Prof. Dr. G. Hassel: New general geographical and statistical ephemeris . Volume 17. Verlag Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar 1826, p. 312 ( digitized version ).
literature
- Walter Georg Schües: The Huguenot families Texier-Poujol-Boue in Hamburg (manuscript). Hamburg 1954
- Peter Texier . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 17 : Svend Tveskjæg – Tøxen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1903, p. 148 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- 4020. Texier (Tessier), (Pierre Joseph) , in: Hans Schröder : Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present , vol. 7, Hamburg, 1879, p. 373 ff., ( Online )
- Jens Kragh Høst: The Danish secret cabinet minister Joh. Fried. Struensee and his Ministry , Volume 1, Copenhagen, 1826, p. 328 ( digitized version )
- Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg Provincial Reports 1818 . Eighth year, collected and edited by CP Petersen, Prediger zu Lensahn Holstein, CF Mohr, 1819, p. 553 ff. ( Digitized version )
supporting documents
- Naturalization England: see 1762, c 68 ( legislation.gov.uk )
- On June 21, 1788 ascent of the Brocken accompanied by Christian Friedrich Schröder : Yearbooks of the Brocken from 1753 to 1790 , Part 2, p. 173 ( digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reference to the origin of the family (footnote): Jean Pierre Erman et Frédéric Reclam: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Réfugiés françois dans les du roi . 4th volume. Berlin 1785, p. 203 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Johann Martin Lappenberg : Lists of the resident in Hamburg as the diplomats and consuls representing the same . In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History , Volume 3, 1851, p. 449, Verlag Johann August Meißner, Hamburg ( online )
- ↑ Friedemann Prose (Kiel, 2012): Foreign journey of King Christian VII in 1768 . In: Kopenhagener Börsenhalle , No. 9,10,11 u, 12, (source: Jens Kragh Høst ) (1830), ( kiel-maritim.de ).
- ↑ on October 5, Journal Politique, ou Gazette des Gazettes , Novembre, 1777, p. 8, ( digitized version )
- ↑ Stephan Diller: The Danes in India, Southeast Asia and China (1620-1845) . Harrasowitz, Wiesbaden 1999, p. 121 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Promotion on May 25, 1805: L 'Abeille du nord , Volume 10, No. 44, of May 31, 1805, p. 342 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Award of the Dannebrog Order: Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel: General State and Address Handbook for 1809–1811. 1st volume. Weimar 1809, p. 747 (below) ( digitized version ).
- ↑ This marriage is said to have been separated in 1801. (See: Edmund Strutz (Hrsg.): German gender book (Hamburg gender book, ninth Hamburg volume), volume 127. Verlag CA Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1961, p. 291)
- ↑ ( DNB portal ).
- ↑ Reference to brokerage: Association for Hamburg History (Ed.): Hamburgisches Künstler-Lexicon , 1st volume, Hamburg, 1854, p. 310 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Auction catalog: Directory of a collection consisting of rare and considerable extremely fine Danish gold pieces, thalers and show coins : which are to be handed over in individual pieces in a public auction on March 16, 1778 ... by the broker, Peter Texier. (Preußischer Kulturbesitz, 2012, staatsbibliothek-berlin.de ).
- ↑ German Gender Book . Volume 200. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg / Lahn 1996, p. 65.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Texier, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Texier, Joseph Peter (full name); Texier, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat and businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1818 |
| Place of death | Hamburg-Altona |