Honoratus Bonnevie (politician) explained

Honoratus Bonnevie (15 June 1797 – 27 March 1848) was a Norwegian politician.

Life

He was the son of district stipendiary magistrate Niels Cornelius Bonnevie (1756–1836). His great-grandfather had migrated to Norway from Antibes, France, and he was a grandson of Honoratus Bonnevie[1] and a nephew of Andreas Bonnevie.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1845 and 1848, representing the urban constituency of Throndhjem og Levanger. He served as burgomaster there.[2] He died in the same year as his last election.[1]

Family

He married Sophie Augusta Baumann (1804–1895) in 1826 in Kongsberg. She was a daughter of August Christian Baumann and Margrethe Sophie Stockfleth, granddaughter of Thomas Rosing de Stockfleth, niece of Samuel William Manthey and a first cousin of August Christian Manthey.[3] Honoratus Bonnevie and his wife Sophie had the daughter Johanne Mathilde Dietrichson[4] and the son Jacob Aall Bonnevie, a politician.[1] Through the former he was a father-in-law of art historian Lorentz Dietrichson,[4] and through the latter he was the grandfather of professor Kristine Bonnevie, judge Thomas Bonnevie and politician Carl Emil Christian Bonnevie.[1] Through another daughter Christine Augusta, he was the father-in-law of Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: 2007. Bonnevie. Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 14 April 2009.
  2. Web site: Honoratus Bonnevie. Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Norwegian. 14 April 2009.
  3. http://vestraat.net/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I102152&tree=IEA Genealogy
  4. Encyclopedia: 2001. Mathilde Dietrichson. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Anne. Wichstrøm. 4. Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 14 April 2009.