Richard of Swaine

Richard Swaine , from 1858 von Swaine , from 1874 Baron von Swaine (born August 15, 1830 in Glücksbrunn , † October 24, 1902 in Obertheres ) was an industrialist, landowner and member of the Reichstag .

Life

He came from a family who immigrated from the County of York (England) and was the son of Henry Swaine, mine owner and heir to a worsted spinning mill next to Glücksbrunn Castle . Swaine received private lessons and attended schools in Jena , then studied natural and administrative sciences in Jena and Leipzig .

After a practical course as a farmer in Thuringia , he began mining and economics studies in Munich . In 1856 he left Munich after the construction of the Hochstadt – Stockheim railway line was secured, mainly through his efforts . In 1863 he took over the mining and smelting works near Stockheim and Neuhaus-Schierschnitz (today: Föritztal) . As a result he undertook long trips to many European countries, including a long stay in England to study the social and industrial conditions there.

From 1871 to 1874 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the Liberal Reich Party and the constituency of Upper Franconia 4 ( Kronach ).

Awards

Honorary citizen of the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg

literature

Hans-Peter Trenschel: Richard Freiherr von Swaine . In: Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch. Volume 47, 1995, pp. VII-X
Gerd Fleischmann: Richard Freiherr von Swaine. In: Franconian home calendar. 1986, pages 61-63

Web links

Historical-Political Yearbook from 1880
von Swaine, Richard in the database of members of the Reichstag
Richard von Swaine biography . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

^ Father Henry Swaine was raised to the Saxon-Meiningischen nobility on October 28, 1858 in Hildburghausen . On November 29, 1874, he was raised to the royal Bavarian baron status in Hohenschwangau as Fideikommissherr on Theres ( Lower Franconia ) with enrollment in the Kingdom of Bavaria in the baron class on February 8, 1875. - Source: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XIV, page 277 , Volume 131 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003

personal data
SURNAME	Swaine, Richard of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Swaine, Richard (maiden name); Swaine, Richard Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German industrialist and politician (LRP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	August 15, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH	Well of luck
DATE OF DEATH	October 24, 1902
Place of death	Theres

[1] Father Henry Swaine was raised to the Saxon-Meiningischen nobility on October 28, 1858 in Hildburghausen . On November 29, 1874, he was raised to the royal Bavarian baron status in Hohenschwangau as Fideikommissherr on Theres ( Lower Franconia ) with enrollment in the Kingdom of Bavaria in the baron class on February 8, 1875. - Source: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XIV, page 277 , Volume 131 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003