Franz Josef von Hallwyl, born 1719 in from

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, son of lieutenant-colonel Abraham Gabriel von Hallwyl and Anna Franziska de Tayac, dead 1785 in

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, France, was a Swiss officer,

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in French service, colonel-proprietor of the

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. He married Marie Therese de Mydorge in 1757. Hallwyl was rewarded multiple times; becoming a knight of the

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in 1745 for meritorious service in the

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, a knight of the Polish Order of the White Eagle 1777, and a French

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Military career

In 1733 Hallwyl became a

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in the French regiment of horse, ''Royal Piemont;'' promoted to

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in the ''Gardes Suisses'' 1740 he participated in the

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, and

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. Becoming colonel-proprietor of the ''Régiment de Karrer'' in 1752, which henceforth was known under the name ''de Hallwyl,'' he remained with the colonel's company at the depot in

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while the rest of the regiment was stationed overseas. When his regiment was disbanded in 1763 he received an annual

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of 20,000

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from the French Crown. Hallwyl was commandant of Colmar from 1782 until his death.

References

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