Franz Deym

Count Franz Deym von Střítež (23 August 1838 at Neuschloss (now Dolní Olešnice) – 3 September 1903 at Eckersdorf, Glatz (now Bożków, Kłodzko)) was an Austrian diplomat.

Franz Deym von Střítež
Ambassador Deym as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, February 1898
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Preceded by	Alois Graf Károlyi von Nagykároly
Succeeded by	Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein
Personal details
Born	(1838-08-23)23 August 1838 Neuschloss (now Dolní Olešnice)
Died	3 September 1903(1903-09-03) (aged 65) Eckersdorf, Glatz (now Bożków, Kłodzko)
Military service
Allegiance	Austrian Empire
Branch/service	Army
Rank	First Lieutenant
Unit	Lancers

His full title was Franz de Paula Severin Wenzel Maria Philipp Benitius Graf Deym von Střítež.

Early life and ancestry

Born into an old Bohemian noble family, Franz was the eldest child and only son of Count Franz de Paula Deym von Střítež (1804-1872) and his wife, Countess Ludmilla Antonia Franciska Marie Clementine von Waldstein-Wartenberg (1815-1847).^[1]

Career

Coat of arms of the Deym family

Deym was the son of a Field Marshal, and was a First Lieutenant in the Lancers.

In 1864 he joined the Diplomatic Service. He was first Attaché then Legationssekretär (Secretary) in Paris, before being sent to the Embassy in Rome.

In 1871 he became the Special Ambassador and Acting Minister for the armed services, and then retired from public life.

In 1879 he became a member of the Austrian Reichsrat, and was re-elected in 1885.

On 18 October 1888 he became Ambassador to London, a position he held until his death.

Personal life

On 26 February 1870 in Rome, Italy, he married Countess Anna Maria Johanna Nepomucena Josepha von Schlabrendorff (1852-1919), younger daughter of Count Constantin Carl Bernhard Anton Johann Nepomuk von Schlabrendorff (1812-1858) and his wife, Countess Bianca Olympia Georgine von Pückler-Groditz (1826-1870).^[2] They had three children, one son and two daughters:

• Count Franz de Paula Deym von Střítež (1871-1925), married to Countess Maria de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt (1881-1949) and had issue
• Countess Bianca Maria Ludmila Friederike Deym von Střítež (1874-1968), married to Count Anton von Magnis (1862-1944) and had issue
• Countess Isabella Deym von Střítež (1877-1960), married to Count Paul Esterhazy von Galantha (1861-1932), no issue