Friedrich Sthamer

Gustav Friedrich Carl Johann Sthamer (24 November 1856 – 29 June 1931) was a German lawyer, First Mayor of Hamburg, and ambassador.

Friedrich Sthamer
Friedrich Sthamer, photograph by Rudolf Dührkoop in 1905
First Mayor of Hamburg and
President of the Hamburg Senate
In office
January 1920 – February 1920
Preceded byWerner von Melle
Succeeded byArnold Diestel
German Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
1920–1930
Preceded byKarl Max von Lichnowsky[1]
Succeeded byKonstantin von Neurath
Personal details
Born24 November 1856
Groß Weeden
Died29 June 1931 (1931-06-30) (aged 74)
Ratzeburg
NationalityGerman
Alma materRuperto Carola
Lipsiensis
Georgia Augusta
OccupationLawyer

Sthamer was born on 24 November 1856 in Groß Weeden, part of the municipality Rondeshagen. He studied law at the universities of Heidelberg, Leipzig, and Göttingen.[2] In 1879, Sthamer became a lawyer in Hamburg, and in 1892, chairman of Hamburg's bar association. 1901–1904, Sthamer was member of the Hamburg Parliament, and elected to the Senate of Hamburg in 1904. During the First World War, Sthamer was president of the civil government of the occupied Antwerp.

In 1919, Sthamer was elected to the Senate of Hamburg and became First Mayor of Hamburg in 1920. After a short term in office, Sthamer resigned because he was appointed as German ambassador to the United Kingdom.[3]

Sthamer died on 29 June 1931.

References
  1. Diplomatic relations disrupted due to World War I
  2. Werner Weidenfeld (1972), Die Englandpolitik Gustav Stresemanns (in German), Von Hase und Koehler, p. 151, ISBN 978-3-7758-0828-6
  3. Heinz Günther Sasse (1963), 100 Jahre Botschaft in London: aus der Geschichte einer Deutschen Botschaft (in German), Bonn, pp. 47–48, OCLC 15248687


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.