Guess who??

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Mike Huxley

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I picked this hard mounted photo up at a local Military Fair some time back. I wasn't looking too closely at who the individuals shown it were.

I was puzzled, on closer examination, as to who the guy sitting on the rock was. Suddenly a :sign7: came on and I realised who it was.

So who is it? A beer and a Cornish Pastie for the winner.

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Joe, I was going to say whoever he is he needs a hair cut!!! Margo thought it was a woman dressed up in military clothing. Brian
 
Here's another picture of the guy .... and Brian, I first thought it was a woman as well. So I guess Tony will have the Pastie and Joe will get the beer for naming him.

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Hi Guys.
Another von Moltke was my ancestor. His name is Graf Adam Gottlob v. Moltke.

Something about him:
Adam Gottlob, Count Moltke
born Nov. 10/11, 1710, Walkendorf, Mecklenburg [Germany]
died Sept. 25, 1792, Bregentved, Den.


high court official who exerted a powerful influence over King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway.

Brought to Denmark by his family as a child, Moltke was a page to the future king Christian VI in 1722. In 1730 he became chamberlain to the future king Frederick V. Frederick secured for Moltke the post of court marshal in 1743, and Moltke remained in that post after Frederick V was crowned in 1746. In 1747 Frederick made Moltke a privy councillor, giving him the estate of Bregentved. In 1750 Moltke was made a count.

Moltke was the most influential of Frederick V's advisers. He strongly opposed liberation of the serfs. Frederick V died in his arms in 1766, and Moltke was then dismissed from his major posts by the new king, Christian VII. Moltke was recalled the following year to deal with agrarian reforms but was dismissed again in 1770, retiring then to his estate.
 
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