Alexander Petrovich Barklai de-Tolli-Veimarn

Alexander Petrovich Barklai de-Tolli-Veimarn

Born	December 22, 1824 Pärnu, Estonia
Died	May 8, 1905 Dresden
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Commands held	Pavlovsky Regiment 24th Infantry Division 1st Army Corps
Battles/wars	Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Alexander Petrovich Barklai de-Tolli-Veimarn (December 22, 1824 – May 8, 1905) was an Imperial Russian regiment commander, division commander and corps commander. He was a member of the Baltic German nobility. He was the son of Wilhelm Peter Jost von Weymarn. He married Marie Friederike von Seddeler in 1849 and had three children; daughters Alexandrine (Ada) Auguste Olga Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn and Marie (Mira) Georgia Augusta Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn and son Ludwig (Louis) Alexander Michael Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn.

Awards

Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1849
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1855
Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1856
Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1860
Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1861
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1864
Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1869
Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire)
Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1886

Foreign honors

House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis, 3rd class
Order of the Dannebrog
Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class, 1873
Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class, 1874
Order of the Sword
House Order of the Wendish Crown

Preceded by Veljaminov	Commander of the Pavlovsky Regiment 1863–1867	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 24th Infantry Division 1868–1876	Succeeded by
Preceded by New office	Commander of the 1st Army Corps 1876–1888	Succeeded by Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov

Bibliography

Baltische Historische Kommission (Hrsg.): Weymarn, Alexander Magnus Friedrich v., seit 31. Mai 1872 Fürst Barclay de Tolly-W. In: BBLd – Baltisches Biographisches Lexikon digital. Göttingen 2012.
Nicolai von Essen (Hrsg.): Genealogisches Handbuch der Oeselschen Ritterschaft. Tartu, 1935, S. 443.
Genealogisches Handbuch der Baltischen Ritterschaften. (Neue Folge), Band 2, Hamburg 2012, S. 28–31.
Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften. Teil 2, 3: Estland. Görlitz 1930, S. 274f.

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