Victor von Lepel (politician)
Victor Karl Ernst Ludwig von Lepel (born March 2, 1794 in Offenbach , † July 7, 1860 in Darmstadt ) was a Hessian diplomat and politician.
origin
Victor von Lepel was the son of Prince Carl von Isenburg-Birstein's court marshal, Joachim Otto Friedrich von Lepel (1740–1802), who died in 1802, and his second wife, Mary Mills (1764–1837), who came from Scotland. The von Lepel family came from Mecklenburg and Pomerania and owned goods in Grambow (near Schwerin) , in Rambow near Wismar, on the Gnitz (Usedom-Western Pomerania) and the Western Pomerania mainland.
He had six siblings, including Karl, he became a bank owner, and Eugen August Hellmuth , he fell for Napoleon in Russia in 1812. His youngest brother Ernst (* October 18, 1796; † January 2, 1859) was forester for Prince Carl von Isenburg-Birstein.
Education and career
He studied camera science from 1809 to 1812 in Heidelberg and from 1812 to 1813 at the University of Göttingen . In Göttingen he became a member of the Corps Hannovera . On May 13, 1825 he was raised to the Hessian baron status and court judge in Darmstadt. In 1848 he was appointed chamberlain to Grand Duke Ludwig III. and to the privy councilor. He represented the Grand Duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt in 1849/50 as envoy in Berlin and then became a member of the Hessian State Council. From 1852 to 1858 he represented Hesse as representative of the Bundestag in Frankfurt am Main. In the year of his death he became president of the Oberpostdirektion and the Oberkonsistorium in Darmstadt.
family
On August 19, 1821, he married Wilhelmine Emmerich (* June 26, 1800; † November 8, 1870) and had 4 children with her:
- Maria Elisabeth (* June 1, 1822 - April 1, 1908) ⚭ 1861 Karl Friedrich Kuno von Wiederhold (* August 31, 1809 - December 14, 1885) Minister of State, Lieutenant General ret. D.
- Karl Ernst Johann (* February 23, 1824 - † March 9, 1880) Higher Regional Court Judge ⚭ 1852 Charlotte Heinzerling (* January 10, 1827 - † July 26, 1882)
- Adelheid Agnes (born May 17, 1826; † young)
- Friedrich Wilhelm (born January 29, 1833 - † November 8, 1895), Prussian Colonel ⚭ June 7, 1860 Elisabeth Amalia von Kopp (* March 19, 1839 - October 11, 1896), daughter of Karl Wilhelm von Kopp
literature
- Heinrich Curschmann: Blue Book of the Corps Hannovera (1809-1899) , Göttingen 2002, p. 58, No. 132
- Gerhard Hay: Lepel, from (Pomeranian noble family). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 301 ( digitized version ).
- Historisch-Genealogisches Handbuch des Familie v. Lepel (Lepell). Developed by Andreas Hansert and Oskar Matthias Frhr on the basis of family history sources. v. Lepel with the assistance of Klaus Bernhard Frhr. v. Lepel and Herbert Stoyan. German Family Archives, Volume 151, Verlag Degener & Co., owner Manfred Dreiss, Insingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7686-5201-8
- Yearbook of the German Nobility , Volume 2, 1898, p. 406
Web links
- Lepel, Victor Karl Ernst Ludwig Freiherr von. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lepel, Joachim Otto Friedrich von. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lepel, Victor von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lepel, Victor Carl von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hessian diplomat and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1860 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |