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
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
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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 |