Peter Brock (statesman)

Peter Fyodorovich Brock
Пётр Фёдорович Брок
Minister of Finance
In office
9 April 1852 – 23 March 1858
MonarchsNicholas I
Alexander II
Preceded byFyodor Vronchenko
Succeeded byAlexander Knyazhevich
Personal details
Born(1805-08-20)20 August 1805
Died30 January 1875(1875-01-30) (aged 69)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

Peter Fyodorovich Brock (Russian: Пётр Фёдорович Брок; 20 August 1805 – 30 January 1875) was a Baltic German statesman in the Russian Empire who served as Minister of Finance from 1852 to 1858, during the reigns of Nicholas I and Alexander II. In 1857, Brock was appointed to the secret committee to consider emancipation reform.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 11. New York: MacMillan. 1909. p. 266, 614.
  2. ^ Platt, D.C.M. (2013). Foreign Finance in Continental Europe and the United States 1815-1870: Quantities, Origins, Functions and Distribution. Routledge. ISBN 9781136609954.