Philipp von Brunnow

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.

Count Philipp von Brunnow

Diplomatic roles

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

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. British and Foreign State Papers, Volume 57 p.34
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