Albrecht von Stosch

Albrecht von Stosch
Albrecht von Stosch, Imperial German General and Admiral
Born	(1818-04-20)April 20, 1818 Koblenz, Germany
Died	February 29, 1896(1896-02-29) (aged 77) Oestrich, Germany
Allegiance	German Confederation  North German Confederation  German Empire
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine
Years of service	1829–1889
Rank	General of Infantry

Albrecht von Stosch (20 April 1818 – 29 February 1896) was a German General of the Infantry and Admiral who served as first chief of the newly created Imperial German Navy from 1872 to 1883.^[1]

Born in Koblenz, he was a cousin of Hans Stosch-Sarrasani, the founder of the circus called Sarrasani.

Stosch died in Rheingau. There is an island in Chile named after him, Isla Stosch.

References

• Hildebrand, Hans; Henriot, Ernest (1990). P — Z. Deutschlands Admirale : 1849-1945 : die militärischen Werdegänge der See-, Ingenieur-, Sanitäts-, Waffen- und Verwaltungsoffiziere im Admiralsrang (in German). 3. Osnabrück: Biblio-Verl. pp. 400—401. ISBN 3764814993. 

Chiefs of the Imperial Admiralty and State Secretaries of the Naval Office
Chiefs of the Imperial Admiralty (1872–1889)	Albrecht von Stosch Leo von Caprivi Alexander von Monts
State Secretaries of the Naval Office (1889–1919)	Karl Eduard Heusner Friedrich von Hollmann Alfred von Tirpitz Eduard von Capelle Paul Behncke Ernst Karl August Klemens von Mann Maximilian Rogge