Succeeded by Pierre Monet Died 13 December 1850
Paris | Religion Protestant Name Jean Turckheim | |
Preceded by Philippe Friedrich Dietrich Occupation banker, philosopher, politician | ||
Jean Frederick Turckheim, son of Baron Jean de Turckheim, was a banker in Strasbourg. He was elected as a deputy of Strasbourg to the Estates-General in 1789. Initially supportive of the revolution, he became disenchanted with its goals after the violence of July and August 1790 and became convinced that the unrest was part of a broader plan to overthrow the king and establish a radical republic. After a short term as mayor of Strasbourg, he left France, and offered his services to the Duke of Hesse, whom he served for several years, in particular as envoy to Rome. He also wrote a history of the House of Hesse. He died in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1824.
His nephew, Jean Frederick Turckheim, was the eighth mayor of Strasbourg.
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