German Chancery

The German Chancellery ( English German Chancery, also Hanoverian Chancery called ), was a government agency that until 1837 in London was ( 1801 United Kingdom of Great Britain during the personal union between the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in 1814 the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland). The German firm in London had its headquarters in St James 's Palace and did the main shops, also the foreign affairs, until its dissolution in 1837. The German firm was a Immediatbehörde with (since 1730) to only one, but on the very monarch influential ministers.

Facility

1714 was the new, previously in Hanover reigning as Elector Georg Ludwig King of Great Britain face the challenge of having to prevail simultaneously in two very different territories. The two residences of London and Hanover were at least four days away from each other. The constitutional and social foundations were very different. Linguistically, the also King George I of Great Britain was now prince of English Calling hardly powerful. In addition, George was very inexperienced in the English domestic politics. His main advisor, Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff and Friedrich Wilhelm von slot, had to accompany him to London. On August 29, 1714 a first Regulation primarily military content, which included the business of government in the Electorate in the absence of the elector was born. It forms an initial basis for the governance of Hanover from London.

The role and functions

Written transport of the Hanoverian kings George III. , George IV and William IV with the authorities in Hanover led always on the German law firm in London and its ministers. As of 1720, there were several head of the firm together. This practice ended with the death of Count Bothmer 1732.

Tradition

The 1837 with the end of the personal union spent to Hanover files of the German Chancery are received about a third and today are in the Central State Archive of Hanover. In contrast, the records holdings of the privy councilors who did the official business in Hanover on site, and other important authorities are almost completely burned in 1943 during a bombing raid on Hanover.

Head of the firm

• Andreas Gottlieb Baron von Bernstorff (1714-1720)
• Hans Caspar von Bothmer (1720-1730)
• Christian Ulrich von Hardenberg (1725-1727)
• Johann Philipp von Hattorf (1728-1737)
• Ernst Steinberg (1737-1748)
• Philipp Adolph von Münchhausen (1748-1762)
• Johann Burchard von Behr (1762-1771)
• Johann Friedrich Carl von Alvensleben (1771-1795)
• Georg August von Steinberg ( 1795)
• Ernst Ludwig Julius von Lenthe (1795-1805)
• Ernst Friedrich Herbert, Count Münster- Ledeburg (1805-1831)
• Conrad Ludwig Georg von Ompteda (1831-1837)