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Carl Gustaf Bonde af Björnö

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Birthplace: Hörningsholm, Mörkö, Södertälje, Stockholm County, Södermanland, Sweden
Death: June 13, 1957 (85)
Hörningsholm, Mörkö, Södertälje, Stockholm County, Södermanland, Sweden
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Son of Greve Gustaf Fredrik Bonde af Björnö and Ida Bonde af Björnö
Ex-husband of Blanche Bonde and Ebba Bonde
Father of Carl Bonde; Thord Carlsson Bonde, af Björnö; Private; Private; Jan Carlsson Bonde and 1 other
Brother of Ida Julia Mathilda Ebba Georgina Bonde af Björnö; Elsa Margareta Ståhl; Nils Gustaf Gustafsson Bonde af Björnö and Fredrik Ulf Somerset Bonde af Björnö

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About Carl Bonde

Carl Bonde

Wikipedia

Carl Gustaf Bonde af Björnö was a Swedish Count, Army officer, equerry and horse rider who competed at the 1912 and 1928 Olympics.

Military career

Bonde was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of landowner, count Gustaf Fredrik Bonde af Björnö and his English wife Ida Horatia Charlotta Marryat. After passing his studentexamen in 1892, Bonde became a sergeant in the Life Regiment Hussars (K 3) in 1893 and second lieutenant in 1894 and lieutenant there in 1900. He retired in 1908 and became cavalry captain in the reserve in 1910. The year before, in 1909, Bonde was appointed Equerry of the court, and advanced in 1916 to Crown Equerry, a position he held for decades.

Sports career

Bonde was a prominent horse rider. In 1912 he won the gold medal in the individual dressage competition with his horse Emperor. Sixteen years later he won the silver medal as a member of the Swedish team. He also competed in the 1928 Olympic individual dressage competition with his horse Ingo and finished 19th.

Other work

Bonde possessed a wide range of entailed estates, including Vibyholm Castle and Hörningsholm Castle in Södermanland, Katrineholm, Bordsjö, Askeryd and Herrestad in Småland and Sävstaholm and Toftaholm

He was a member of Halland County Rural Economy and Agricultural Societie's acquisition committee (Hallands läns hushållningssällskaps förvärvsutskott) and member of the Halland County landstorm. Bonde was an inspector of POW camps in Siberia from 1917 to 1918.

He was chairman of the Stockholm Harness Horseman's Association from 1900 and chairman and vice chairman of the Swedish Equestrian Central Association in 1933-1938. He served as a judge of equestrian competitions at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Personal life

Bonde was married and divorced twice. He was married 1896–1919 to Blanche Charlotte Eleonore Dickson (1875-1960), daughter of James Fredrik Dickson and Blanche Dickson. Bonde was married a second time 1920-1941 to Ebba Wallenberg (1896-1960), daughter of the banker Marcus Wallenberg, Sr. and Amalia Hagdahl.

In the first marriage he was the father of Chief of the Army, Lieutenant General Thord Bonde and Colonel Carl C:son Bonde, and in the latter Peder Bonde, chamberlain and active in the so-called Wallenberg sphere.

Bonde's first wife Blanche Dickson inherited Tjolöholm Castle and they lived there until their divorce in 1919.

Adelsvapen

Carl Gustaf Bonde af Björnö.

Huvudman och fideikommissarie efter fadern 1909.

Född 1872-04-28 på Hörningsholm i Mörkö förs., Södermanlands län.

Volontär vid Livregementets husarer 1891. Mogenhetsexamen 1892. Sergeant 1893. Elev vid Krigsskolan 1893. Utexaminerad 1894. Underlöjtnant i regementet 1894 och vid regementet 1897. Löjtnant i regementet 1900 och vid regementet 1903. BMi1K1kl 1905. RRS:tA03kl 1907. Avsked med tillstånd att inträda i regementets reserv 1908.

Stallmästare i Kunglig Majestäts hov 1909. RRS:tAO2kl 1909. OffFrd'A 1909. Ryttmästare i regementets reserv 1910. GV:sOIM 1912. Hovstallmästare 1916. RVO 1917. RSO 1919. PrRK M 1, 2 o. 3 kl. ÖRKHt2kl med krigsdek. KVO2kl 1928. KBeopO. GV:sJmt. StOffLettSO. GMsjv. TurkRHalvM. 2GM. KVO1kl 1948.

Inneh. fideikommissegendomarna i Vibyholm och Hörningsholm i Södermanland, ävensom Katrineholm, Bordsjö, Askeryd och Herrestad i Småland samt Sävstaholms och Toftaholms fideikommisskapital. (EÄ Tillträdde efter faderns död 1909 de av honom innehavda fideikommissegendomarna, av vilka Säfstaholm och Toftaholm sedermera förbytts till fideikommisskapital.) Ägde Tjolöholm i Fjärås socken, Hallands län och äger hus i Stockholm. Biogr i Vem är det.

Död 1957-06-13Hörningsholm i Mörkö förs., Södermanlands län (db).

Gift 1:o 1896-05-12 i Hagakyrkan i Göteborg med Blanche Charlotte Eleonore Dickson, från vilken han blev skild 1920, född 1875-07-15 iGöteborgs (Domkyrkoförs.), död 1960-08-20 i Fjärås förs., Hallands län (db), dotter av stallmästaren James Fredrik Dickson och Cecilia Blanche Charlotte Dickson.

Gift 2:o 1920-06-21 i Svenska kyrkan i Köpenhamn (Skeppsholms förs. i Stockholm, vb) med Ebba Wallenberg från vilken han blev skild genom Stockholms rådhusrätt dom. 1941-05-27, född 1896-11-21 i Stockholm. FinlVRO:sHt 1940-11-25. Död 1960-05-21 i Stockholm (Hedvig Eleonora förs., db). Dotter av bankdirektören, vice häradshövdingen Marcus Laurentius Wallenberg och Gertrud Amalia Hagdahl.

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Carl Bonde's Timeline

1872
April 28, 1872
Hörningsholm, Mörkö, Södertälje, Stockholm County, Södermanland, Sweden
1897
February 28, 1897
Rytterne, Västmanlands län, Sverige
1900
March 17, 1900
Stockholm, Hedvig Eleonora , Stockholms län, Uppland, Sverige (Sweden)
1921
May 15, 1921
Stockholm, AB, Sweden
1923
September 2, 1923
Stockholm, AB, Sweden
1957
June 13, 1957
Age 85
Hörningsholm, Mörkö, Södertälje, Stockholm County, Södermanland, Sweden