Robert of Benda

Robert von Benda (1876)

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Robert von Benda (born February 18, 1816 in Liegnitz , † August 16, 1899 in Rudow ) was a German manor owner and national liberal politician .

Life

Benda came from a family of musicians based in Bohemia , which was founded in 1825 by Friedrich Wilhelm III. (Prussia) was ennobled . In 1853 the family acquired the Rudow manor near Berlin.

After graduating from high school in Berlin, Benda began to study law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1835 he became a member of the Corps Palatia Munich . When he was inactive , he moved to the home Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . After the exams he entered the internal administration of the Kingdom of Prussia . Until 1849 he was a government assessor in Potsdam . Then he managed his estates . From 1858 he was a professional politician.

In 1859 Benda became a member of the Prussian House of Representatives , to which he belonged until 1898 - for over 39 years. He was a supporter of Otto von Bismarck and a member of the National Liberal Party; from 1877 to 1898 he was on the party executive committee. In 1867 he was elected to the Reichstag (North German Confederation) . From 1871 to 1898 he sat in the Reichstag (German Empire) . There he was one of the leading parliamentary group members of the NLP. From 1878 he was Vice President of the Prussian House of Representatives. He also sat on the board of the Congress of German Farmers.

literature

Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the collaboration of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne : Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 60.
Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 .

Web links

Robert von Benda in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Robert von Benda . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
“Your Majesty, have a nice meal, there is nothing more!” Wilhelm II on Rudow

Individual evidence

↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 113 , 410
↑ Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the assistance of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 60.
↑ Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , 1989, photo p. 65, short biography p. 376.
^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 96.

personal data
SURNAME	Benda, Robert of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	February 18, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liegnitz
DATE OF DEATH	August 16, 1899
Place of death	Rudow

[1] Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 113 , 410

[2] Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the assistance of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 60.

[3] Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , 1989, photo p. 65, short biography p. 376.

[4] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 96.