Philipp von Brunnow
Appearance
Ernst Philipp Graf[1] von Brunnow (31 August 1797, Dresden – 12 April 1875, Darmstadt) was a Baltic German diplomat who served in the Russian Empire.
Diplomatic roles
[edit]Brunnow represented Russia in several conferences, and held ambassadorial positions in London (1840–1854), Frankfurt (1855), Berlin (1856), and then returned to London (1858–1874).[2]
Honours
[edit]- Knight Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. [3]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stanislaus.
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle.
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
- Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau.
- Commander of the Order of St. Stephen of Hungary.
- Order of Saint Vladimir
- Order of Saint Anna
- Order of the White Eagle.
- Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
- Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called
References
[edit]- ^ Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as 'Count', not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.
- ^ Benjamin E. Smith, ed., The Century Cyclopedia of Names: a Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of Names in Geography, Biography, Mythology, History, Ethnology, Art, Archæology, Fiction, Etc., Etc., Etc., (London: The Century Co., 1904), 189
- ^ British and Foreign State Papers, Volume 57 p.34