Friedrich, Freiherr von Zandt (1785 – 5 March 1842) was a Prussian Hussar colonel and landowner who served as chamberlain to the King of Bavaria.[1]
Early life
Zandt was born in 1785 and was from Würzburg, Germany.[2]
Career
Baron von Zandt and his wife owned the freehold property in central London's Knightsbridge district located between Brompton Road to the north-west and Walton Street to the south-east.[3] After his death, the property was developed into a garden square by his widow in 1844, who named it Ovington Square after their house in Ovington, Hampshire.[4] The houses surrounding the green were built from 1844 to 1850 by W.W. Pocock.[5] While protected under the Garden Square Act and maintained under the Kensington Improvement Act, both from 1851, responsibility for the garden passed to Trustees following a settlement made by Sir John Dyer, 12th Baronet in 1912.[4]
On 30 May 1839, Baron von Zandt married Elizabeth Standerwick (1780–1864), the widow and heiress of Lt.-Gen. Sir Thomas Dyer, 7th Baronet (who died in 1838) who was the only daughter and heir of James and Elizabeth Standerwick.[8][9] They lived at Ovington House in Hampshire which had been built for Elizabeth's father.[10]
Baron von Zandt died unexpectedly at Seehof on 5 March 1842,[8] and was buried in the von Zandt family vault in Memmelsdorf near Bamberg.[2] His widow, and the heir of all his property, died at Seehof on 27 May 1864. As they had no children, Schloss Seehof was left to her husband's relative, Walther, Baron von Zandt, and legacies to Baroness Caroline von Zandt (daughter of General Maximilian von Zandt).[2][a]
