!!!Goëss, Peter Graf

b. Florence, Italy, Feb. 8, 1774, 
d. Vienna, July 11, 1846, law expert and civil servant; father of 
Count Anton  Goëss. From 1803 President of the Dalmatian'' 
Gubernium'', from 1804 head of the Carinthian Estate, from 1806 
President of the Styrian/Carinthian'' Gubernium'', from 1809 Governor 
of Galicia, from 1815 Governor of the Venetian Provinces; from 1819 
held various high offices in Vienna; 1825 ''Landmarschall'' of Lower 
Austria, 1834 ''Hofmarschall''; 1830 Order of the Golden Fleece. 
Deeply committed to social (fight against hunger and poverty in 
Dalmatia), cultural (President of the Society of the Friends of Music, 
Vienna) and economic (co-founder of Erste oesterreichische Spar-Casse) 
causes.

!Literature
Oesterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon



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