Richard von Vorst-Gudenau

Richard Josef Freiherr von Vorst-Gudenau from 1850 Richard Josef Freiherr von Mirbach-Harff (born August 24, 1810 at Gudenau Castle ; † December 14, 1853 in Bonn ) was district administrator for the Grevenbroich district from 1840 to 1850 .

Life and career

As the son of the landlord and Richard von KK chamberlain Maximilian Friedrich Freiherr von der Vorst-Lombeck and Gudenau and his wife Ottilie, born Freiin von Mirbach zu Harff, Richard Freiherr von Vorst-Gudenau already had close ties to the Austrian Empire through his descent . This probably also resulted in the fact that after attending a grammar school he went to Vienna to study (1826/1827) and in 1831 was employed as an intern at the Criminal Higher Court in Brno . From December 1837, von Vorst-Gudenau was employed as a government trainee with the Royal Prussian Government in Düsseldorf , which assigned him to the Grevenbroich District Office from 1838 to 1840. As the successor to Paul Joseph Freiherr von Pröpper , he took over provisional administration of the district on January 1, 1840. This appointment was confirmed on August 6, subject to the district administrator's examination, before he also received the definitive inauguration on July 7, 1841. During his tenure, the district office of the district was relocated from Wevelinghoven to Grevenbroich .

After the death of his uncle Johann Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff in 1849, Richard Freiherr von Vorst-Gudenau inherited his entails. With confirmation from the highest authority on May 31, 1850, he finally also took over his name, title and coat of arms. Due to these family changes, Richard asked Baron von Vorst-Gudenau on May 27, 1850 to leave because of private activities. With dimissorial letters of 7 September he entered August 1, 1850 to retire . At the same time he was appointed secret councilor .

As a member of the “right”, Richard Freiherr von Vorst-Gudenau, or Mirbach-Harff, was a member of the Prussian National Assembly in 1848 and a member of the state parliament from 1849 until his departure in 1851 .

family

The Catholic Richard Freiherr von Vorst-Gudenau was since July 21, 1840 with Juliana Countess von Hoyos-Sprinzenstein (born July 7, 1816), a daughter of the KK Feldmarschalleutnant and Oberjägermeister Johann Ernst Graf von Hoyos and Theresia, née Countess Schlabrendorf, married. Her daughter Antonia Freiin von Mirbach-Harff (1865–1921) married the district administrator of the Düsseldorf district, Wilderich Graf von Spee , in 1865 .

literature

Carl Heiner Beusch: Noble class politics in the Vormärz. Johann Wilhelm Graf von Mirbach-Harff (1784–1849) (Historia profana et ecclesiastica; Vol. 3). Lit-Verlag, Münster 2001, ISBN 3-8258-4377-7 (also dissertation, University of Cologne 1999).
Karl Emsbach: The district administration in Wevelinghoven. In: History Association for Grevenbroich and the surrounding area (ed.): 900 years of Wevelinghoven (contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich; Vol. 12). Grevenbroich 1996, pp. 70-76, especially p. 73.
Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 (= publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 69 ). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-7585-4 , p. 795 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Horst Romeyk: The leading state and communal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945.
^ Herbert M. Schleicher: Ernst von Oidtman and his genealogical-heraldic collection in the University Library in Cologne. Volume 6. Folder 423-518. FISCHENICH-GRUBEN. (Publications of the West German Society for Family Studies , Cologne, New Series No. 70). Cologne 1994, pp. 91-115. (Folder 434 Forst IV.), Here p. 107 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Vorst-Gudenau, Richard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vorst-Gudenau, Richard Josef von (full name); Mirbach-Harff, Richard Josef von (name from 1850)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH	August 24, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gudenau Castle
DATE OF DEATH	December 14, 1853
Place of death	Bonn

[Romeyk-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Horst Romeyk: The leading state and communal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945.

[2] Herbert M. Schleicher: Ernst von Oidtman and his genealogical-heraldic collection in the University Library in Cologne. Volume 6. Folder 423-518. FISCHENICH-GRUBEN. (Publications of the West German Society for Family Studies , Cologne, New Series No. 70). Cologne 1994, pp. 91-115. (Folder 434 Forst IV.), Here p. 107 f.