Karl Wilhelm von Meister

Karl Wilhelm von Meister (3 February 1863 – 14 February 1935) was a German politician and diplomat.

Doctor juris
Karl Wilhelm von Meister
Wilhelm von Meister, around 1895
Wilhelm von Meister, around 1895
District President of Wiesbaden
In office
1905–1919
Preceded byWilhelm Hengstenberg
Succeeded byWilhelm Momm
District Administrator of Obertaunuskreis
In office
1895–1903
Preceded byBernhard von der Heydt
Succeeded byGustav Ebbinghaus
District Administrator of Höchst
In office
1893–1894
Preceded byAugust von Trott zu Solz
Succeeded byOtto von Steinmeister
Personal details
Born2 February 1863
Frankfurt am Main
Died14 February 1935 (aged 71)
Geneva, Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Humboldt University of Berlin
Heidelberg University
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Prussia
Branch/service Prussian Army
Rank Rittmeister
Unit13th Bockenheimer Hussars

Life and career

Meister was born as the eldest son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Meister, one of the co-founders of Hoechst AG, and his wife Marie née Becker.[1][2] Meister went to school at the Lessing-Gymnasium in Frankfurt and later studied law at the University of Bonn and at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He earned a doctorate in law at Heidelberg University in 1886.[2] From 1892 to 1894 he was district administrator of the newly created Hoechst District. 1895 he was nominated district administrator of the District of Obertaunus where he remained until 1903. In 1896, Meister was enobled by Kaiser Wilhelm II.[3] After leaving the post of administrator of Obertaunus, he worked from 1902 until 1905 in Berlin and later from 1905 until 1919 as district president of Wiesbaden.[4]

On 1 June 1919 during the German Revolution of 1918–1919, Meister resigned after the French administrator demanded he submit to the separatist government.[5]

From 1919 to 1926 he was member of the supervisory board of Farbwerke Hoechst and from 1926 to 1935 of I.G. Farben AG.[2]

In 1930, Meister represented the Weimar Republic as a delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva.[6]

Family life

Meister married Adele Jordan de Rouville on 31 October 1892, and had two children. Following the death of his first wife on 22 June 1897, Meister married Leila Trapmann on 18 January 1900 at St Peter's Church in London. The couple had two children.[5][7][8]

References
  1. Luyken 1935, p. 326.
  2. Koch 1996, p. 30.
  3. Luyken 1935, pp. 326–327.
  4. Siebold, Alexander Freiherr von (1999). Die Tagebücher [The Diaries] (in German). Harassowitz. p. 652. ISBN 3447041455.
  5. Luyken 1935, p. 327.
  6. Luyken 1935, p. 328.
  7. "News of Noted Persons". The Billings Gazette. No. 26 January 1900. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. p. 2.
  8. Chronikblätter für die Familie Luyken und ihre Anverwandten [Chronicle sheets for the Luyken family and their relatives] (in German). Vol. 1. 1925. p. 195 – via Familienverband Luyken. {{cite book}}: External link in |via= (help)

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