Friedrich Wilhelm von Wylich
Biography
Birth: 1716
Death: 1774
Major General in 1763. Son of Johann Christoph von Wylich (1681-1727), and Hermine Alexandrine von Wittenhorst (1685-1745). Married (1763) to Anna Dorothea Scherff.
Boswell informs us, that he is a cousin to Baron von Spaen. The only family relation I have been able to find between the Spaens and the Wylichs is the marriage in 1681 between Dietrich von Wylich (1649-1709) and Florentina Anna von Spaen (b. ca. 1660).
Life with James Boswell
Boswell was recommended to General Wylich, presumably by Baron von Spaen, and, on July 22, 1764, talked to him in the royal garden in Berlin.
Mentioned in
Friedrich Wilhelm von Wylich is mentioned in:
- Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764
