Krohne, Johann Wilhelm Franz de (1738-1787)

The Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen’s ambassador to Hamburg.

Began his career as a monk at Dalheim. Minister plenipotentiary for the Duchy of Saxe- Hildburghausen in Hamburg and Bremen (c. 1774). Settled in Copenhagen as a merchant; arrested and imprisoned for violating a cabinet order. Later returned to Germany.