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Siegmund Carl von Thüngen
Born August 30, 1730  
in Zeitlofs
Died February 19, 1800  
in Wetzlar
Johann Siegmund Karl von Thüngen
Freiherr von Thüngen

A student of four years in Göttingen, he became a chamberlain in the service of Würzburg. In the 1760s he was a Court Marshal in Saxe-Gotha before in 1767 being called to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II, in Vienna. In 1772 he became president of the Imperial Chamber Court in Wetzlar.1

Boswell met Thüngen, then Court Marshal at the Court of Saxe-Gotha, in Gotha on October 17, 1764. Boswell found him "a sensible polite man".

    Boswell on the Grand Tour I, 1764

    Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals.