György Apponyi

György Apponyi


Speaker of the House of Magnates
In office 6 April 1861 – 22 August 1861
Preceded by	Zsigmond Perényi
Succeeded by	Pál Sennyey

Personal details
Born	29 December 1808 Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (today Bratislava, Slovakia)
Died	28 February 1899 (1899-03-01) (aged 90) Éberhárd, Austria-Hungary (today Malinovo, Slovakia)
Political party	Conservative Party
Spouse	Countess Júlia Sztáray
Children	Georgina Albert
Profession	politician

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Count György Apponyi de Nagyappony (29 December 1808 – 28 February 1899) was a Hungarian conservative politician, who served as Lord Chancellor of Hungary from 1846 to 1848. He was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1858. He was appointed Speaker of the House of Magnates in 1861 when Emperor Francis Joseph I convened Hungarian Diet of 1861. As leader of the "old conservative" group he participated in development of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise after 1862.