Karl Franz Georg Albrecht, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German jurist
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Place of Birth: Bad Bodenteich, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Karl Franz Georg Albrecht
- Karl (or Carl) Franz Georg Albrecht (19 May 1799 – 11 February 1873) was a Hanoverian lawyer and high-ranking civil servant, who was a member of the State Council of Hanover and Director-General of Customs. A member of the Albrecht family of civil servants, Albrecht was the son of county governor in Syke Franz August Heinrich Albrecht (1766–1858).
- He studied law at the University of Göttingen from 1817 and joined the Hanoverian civil service in 1821.
- At the time the Kingdom of Hanover was in a personal union with the United Kingdom.
- In 1828 he joined the Ministry of Finance and he was promoted to Councillor (Hofrat) in 1841.
- In 1843 he became Senior Councillor (Oberfinanzrat) and in 1847 he became Director-General of Direct Taxation and associate member of the State Council, then presided over by Prime Minister Eduard von Kielmansegg.
- In 1854 he became Director-General of Customs and in 1856 he became a full member of the newly reformed State Council. Albrecht was a Commander First Class of the Royal Guelphic Order.He was the 2nd great-grandfather of the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, the successor state of Hanover, Ernst Albrecht, and the 3rd great-grandfather of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (née Albrecht).
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