Konrád Burchard-Bélaváry

Konrád Burchard-Bélaváry (1837–1916), was a Hungarian Business magnate and diplomat.

Formed at the Berlin University of Commerce, he became CEO (of the Gristmill of Pest), vice-CEO and member of the board of directors of various companies (Royal "Adria" Shipping Company, "Hotel Royal", National Union of Cooperatives of Credits, etc.). He was also Consul general of Brazil in Budapest (1884–98) and member (1885) of the House of Magnats. He was knight of the Order of Franz Joseph (1882).

Member of the Burchard-Bélaváry family, he married Auguszta Fuchs (1846–1903), daughter of Rudolf Fuchs (1809–1892), an industrial who was president of the Chamber of Commerce of Budapest (1857–59), great-niece of Johann Samuel Fuchs (1770–1817), Lutheran Bishop of Lemberg, and sister-in-law of Professor Vilmos Schulek.

References

Austro-Hungarian Almanach 1910–1915
Biography on nevpont.hu
A Magyar országgyülés, Jókai könyvnyomda, 1906
József Szinnyei, Pál Gulyás : Magyar írók élete és munkái, Vol.4, Magyar Könyvtárosok et Levéltárosok Egyesülete, 1942

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