Count Aurél Dessewffy de Csernek et Tarkeő (16 January 1846 – 28 March 1928) was a
Hungarian politician, who served as
Speaker of the House of Magnates between 1906 and 1910. He also functioned as board member of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( , MTA) is Hungary’s foremost and most prestigious learned society. Its headquarters are located along the banks of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. The Academy's primar ...
(MTA). He was the last
judge royal
The judge royal, also justiciar,Rady 2000, p. 49. chief justiceSegeš 2002, p. 202. or Lord Chief JusticeFallenbüchl 1988, p. 145. (,Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 72. ,Zsoldos 2011, p. 26. , ), was the second-highest judge, preceded only by the Palati ...
of the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
from 1917 to 1918.
He was the son of Count
Emil Dessewffy
Count Emil Dessewffy de Csernek et Tarkeő (24 February 1814, Eperjes – 10 January 1866, Pozsony) was a Hungarian conservative politician, leader of the Conservative Party, who served as President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Th ...
, president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Aurél married Countess Pálma Károlyi, the single daughter of Count
Tibor Károlyi, who served as Speaker of the House of Magnates between 1898 and 1900.
Works
* ''Közlekedés ügyében tárgyalt kérdések'' (co-author with
Endre György, Budapest, 1881)
* ''A gazdakör hitelügyi bizottságának emlékirata'' (co-author with József Schmidt, Budapest, 1884)
References
* Jónás, Károly – Villám, Judit: ''A Magyar Országgyűlés elnökei 1848–2002''. Argumentum, Budapest, 2002. pp. 233–236
1846 births
1928 deaths
Speakers of the House of Magnates
Judges royal
Aurel
20th-century Hungarian politicians
Politicians from Austria-Hungary
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