Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier () (10 November 1800 – 16 April 1872) was an

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statesman.

Early life

Born in

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into an Austrian noble family, he was the son of Joseph von Doblhoff-Dier (1770–1831) and his wife, Josepha von Buschmann (1773–1846).

Biography

He studied law at the

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and later entered into the

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. In 1836 he retired to cultivate the manor estate of his uncle at Weikersdorf Castle in

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, where he excelled in

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studies. In the course of the Revolutions of March 1848 he became a liberal member of the Imperial Diet at Kremsier, and trade minister in the cabinet of Franz von Pillersdorf. Doblhoff-Dier himself resigned from all offices in the violent

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of October 1848. In the next year, he was appointed ambassador at

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, a post he held until 1858. In 1861 he became a member of the newly established Reichsrat, from 1867 onwards of the '' Herrenhaus''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Doblhoff-Dier, Anton 1800 births 1872 deaths People from Gorizia People from Austrian Littoral Austrian barons 19th-century minister-presidents of Austria Members of the Imperial Diet (Austria) Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1861–1867) Members of the House of Lords (Austria) University of Vienna alumni