Paul von Medem – Russian Envoy in Vienna 1842
Paul Graf von Medem (* January 9, 1800, in Mitau; † January 10, 1854) was a Russian diplomat. Paul Medem Russian Envoy
He pursued legal studies at the University of Berlin starting in 1818, where he affiliated with the Corps Curonia Berlin. Subsequently, from 1819 to 1820, he furthered his education at the University of Heidelberg, where he became a member of the Corps Curonia Heidelberg.
Following the completion of his studies, he commenced his career in the diplomatic service of the Russian Empire. Paul Medem Russian Envoy
Initially working as an embassy counselor in Paris, he was a Russian chargé d’affaires in London from 1834 to 1835. From 1840 to 1841, he was a Russian envoy in Stuttgart and Darmstadt. After serving on a special mission from 1841 to 1848, he was a Russian envoy in Vienna from 1848 to 1850. He was appointed Privy Councilor and Chamberlain.
His brothers were the Russian diplomat Alexander von Medem and the Kurland district marshal and state representative Peter von Medem.
The Passport Paul Medem Russian Envoy
Issued in German and Russian, by Paul Graf von Medem as Russian envoy in Vienna to Kollegienrat Alexander von Welenc for a courier trip to Warsaw.
Text in original German… “Thue hiermit allen daran gelegen, kund und zu wissen dass Verzeiger dieses der Kais. Russischen Bothschafts Sekretair, Herr Collegien-Rath und Ritter Alexander von Welenc von hier als Courier mit einem Bedienten nach Warschau und zurück abgefertigt worden ist. Als wird ein Jeder, dem dieses vorgezeigt wird, nach Stand und Würde von mir geziemend ersucht, gedachten Herrn Collegienrath von Welenc nebst einem Diener überall frey und ungehindert bis nach Warschau und zurück passiren zu lassen. […]”.
With the lithographic coats of arms of Tsar Nicholas I and Paul, Count von Medem. Countersigned by an official and confirmed by the Imperial-Royal Secret House, Court, and State Chancellery. With numerous embassy and police notes of the border crossings and cities passed.
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