Ottmar von Mohl

Ottmar von Mohl ( born January 17, 1846 in Tübingen, † March 23, 1922 at Castle Arnshaugk in Neustadt an der Orla ) was a German diplomat and government advisor in Japan.

Mohl, son of the political scientist Robert von Mohl, studied law in Tübingen, Baden passed the state examination and was in Heidelberg in 1868 for Dr. jur. doctorate. In 1873 he was Cabinet Secretary of the Empress Augusta.

His diplomatic career led him in 1879 as consul to Cincinnati in 1885 and to Saint Petersburg. Between 1887 and 1889 he and his wife Wanda von Mohl, born Countess von der Groeben, Advisor to the Imperial Japanese House and Hofministeriums in Tokyo. They conducted in Japan, the European court etiquette. 1897 to 1917 he was a German delegate to the Egyptian National Debt Commission in Cairo, but was suspended in 1914 because of the Egyptian declaration of war.

His son was the lawyer Waldemar von Mohl.

Works

  • Hiking through Spain. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot 1878
  • Memoirs: 50 Years of imperial service. 2 vols. Leipzig: List 1920/22 (2nd band: Egypt)
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