Count Franz Deym (23 August 1838 at Neuschloss (now

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) – 3 September 1903 at Eckersdorf, Glatz (now Bożków,

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)) was an

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. His full title was Franz de Paula Severin Wenzel Maria Philipp Benitius Graf Deym von Střítež.

Life

Deym was the son of a

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, and was a

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in the

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s. In 1864 he joined the Diplomatic Service. He was first

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then (Secretary) in

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, before being sent to the Embassy in

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. In 1871 he became the Special Ambassador and Acting Minister for the armed services, and then retired from public life. In 1879 he became a member of the Austrian Reichsrat, and was re-elected in 1885. On 18 October 1888 he became

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, a position he held until his death.

Sources

* * 1838 births 1903 deaths People from Trutnov District People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Bohemian nobility Counts of Austria German Bohemian people Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1879–1885) Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1885–1891) Members of the House of Lords (Austria) Austrian diplomats 19th-century Austrian people Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria {{Austria-bio-stub