Max von Thielmann
Max Franz Guido Freiherr von Thielmann (4 April 1846 Berlin - 2 May 1929) was a German diplomat, politician and secretary of state in the imperial treasury of the German Emperor.
Life
Thielmann studied in Berlin and Heidelberg, where he became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia in 1864.[1] He was a descendant of Johann von Thielmann; his parents were his son Franz von Thielmann (1799-1868) and his second wife Mathilde von Friebe (1812-1874).
He went into the Diplomatic Service. In the following years he worked at the German Embassies in Petersburg, Copenhagen, Berne, Washington, D.C., Brussels, Paris and Constantinople.
In 1886, he became a consul general in Sofia. Subsequently, between 1888 and 1894, he was Prussian ambassador in Darmstadt, Hamburg and Munich. In 1895 he became Ambassador to Washington D.C. In 1897 Theodor von Holleben became his successor there.
Secretary of State
On 1 July 1897, he was appointed successor of Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner as the secretary of state in the Reichsschatzamt in the cabinet of Reichskanzler Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. He also maintained an office in the government of Bernhard von Bülow (cabinet of Bülow). On August 23, 1903, he resigned from the office of Secretary of State. The successor to this office was Hermann von Stengel.
Freiherr von Thielmann was also appointed as the ruler of the Order of St. John. From 1909 he was a member of the Prussian Herrenhaus.
As a diplomat, he undertook extensive journeys to the Caucasus, Persia, and America, and was the author of travel reports.
Family
On 19 June 1886, in Dresden, Max Freiherr von Thielmann married Cecilia, Countess von Roß (born 1854), of the royal Bavarian order of Theresien-Theresien.
References
- ↑ Kösener Korps-Listen 1910, 120, 627
Sources
- Streifzüge im Kaukasus, in Persien und in der asiatischen Türkei. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875 (Digitalisat) (Reprint: Nomad Press, Nürnberg 1979)
- Journey in the Caucasus, Persia, and Turkey in Asia, by Lieut. Baron Max von Thielmann. London 1875 (Übersetzung Charles Heneage)
- Vier Wege durch Amerika., Leipzig 1879
- Le Caucase, la Perse, et la Turquie d'Asie. D'après la relation de M. le baron de Thielmann., Paris 1880 (Übersetzung Baron Ernouf)
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.