STOCKMAR, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH, BARON VON (17871863)

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STOCKMAR, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH, BARON VON (17871863) , Anglo-Belgian statesman, who came of a Swedish family, was born at Coburg on the 22nd of August 1787. He was educated as a physician, and in that capacity became attached in 1816 to Prince

Leopold

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on his

marriage

MARRIAGE

to Princess Charlotte of England. When she died next year he remained

Leopold

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

's private secretary, controller of the household and political agent, until the prince became in 1831 king of the Belgians. He was thus brought into contact with the leading statesmen of Europe, and his disinterestedness and profound acquaintance with English and European social and political questions impressed themselves on all who were associated with him. In 1831 he retired to his

home

at Coburg, in order not to excite Belgian jealousies by residing at his master's court in the capacity of confidential adviser, but he continued to be Leopold's right-hand man. In 1837 Leopold sent him to England as adviser to the

young

Queen Victoria, and in the next year he accompanied Prince Albert (afterwards Prince

Consort

CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

) on his tour in Italy, partly as tutor but also with the direct object of satisfying King Leopold and the queen as to the fitness of the prince for the position already marked out for him in England. He won-the complete confidence of the prince as well as of the queen, and on their

marriage

MARRIAGE

in 184o he became their trusted though unofficial counsellor, dividing his time more or less between England and the Continent. In 1848 he was the

ambassador

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

of Coburg to the German

parliament

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

. He had at heart the unity of Germany under Prussia and close relations between Germany and England, and for these he steadfastly worked; but his political activity was, a good deal resented in English circles, which were jealous of Prince Albert'sand generally of German influence. He died at Coburg on the 9th of July 1863.
See the articles on VICTORIA, QUEEN; and ALBERT, PRINCE

CONSORT

CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

. Selections from Stockmar's papers were published by his son Ernest in 1872, and a biography by Justi appeared at Brussels in 1873; see also The Letters of Queen Victoria (1907).

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