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23 Apr 1795
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Born in Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria [A. Hügel (1903), gives an erroneous date of birth: 25 April] |
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1810
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Commenced studies at Heildelberg Univ., as law student
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1813-1824
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Officer of Austrian Hussars, taking part in the war (1813-1815) against Napoleon
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1817-1818
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Travelled in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Russia |
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1819-1821
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Stationed with Austrian troops in Southern France and then, in Italy |
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1824-1830
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Residing as private scientist and scholar at Hietzing outside Vienna
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1831-1836
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Setting out from Toulon, France travelled extensively in Greece, Egypt, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Tripoli,
Palestine, South India, Ceylon, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, New Holland (Australia), New Zealand,
Norfolk Island, Philippines, China, Macao, Malaya, North India, Kashmir, Afghanistan,
Himalayas, Punjab, returning via Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena to London
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1837-1848
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Residing as private scientist and scholar at Hietzing outside Vienna
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1847
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Bethrothed in Verona, Italy to Elizabeth Farquharson, the teenage daughter of a Scottish general
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1848
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On the outbreak of the revolution conveyed the Chancellor, Prince Metternich,
out of Vienna to Feldsberg and thence, by the Hague, to England
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1849
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Rejoined the army and under Field-Marshal Radetzky took part in the campaign in the Northern Italy |
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1850-1859
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Austrian Envoy extraordinary to Grand Ducal Court of Tuscany in Florence
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1851
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Married Elizabeth Farquharson in Florence [This marriage to his Protestant British bride took place by papal dispensation] Children:
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1860-1867
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Austrian Ambassador in Brussels, Belgium
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1867-1870
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Lived in retirement with his family at Torquay, England
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2 Jun 1870
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Died in Brussels, on his way to Vienna
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