Menyhért Lónyay

The native form of this personal name is nagylónyai és vásárosnaményi gróf Lónyay Menyhért. This article uses the Western name order.

Menyhért Lónyay
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary
In office 14 November 1871 – 4 December 1872 (&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000002000000020 days)
Preceded by	Gyula Andrássy
Succeeded by	József Szlávy
Personal details
Born	6 January 1822(1822-01-06) Nagylónya, Hungary
Died	3 November 1884(1884-11-03) (aged 62) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian

Menyhért Count Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény (Nagylónya, 6 January 1822 – Budapest, 3 November 1884) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1871 to 1872.

He was born to an aristocratic Protestant family, and studied law in Pest. He became a member of the Hungarian Diet in 1843, where he was a member of the opposition, though he also opposed the protectionist tariff system of Lajos Kossuth. He was undersecretary of state in the government brought to power by the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and fled when the rebellion was put down in 1849. He returned to the country in 1850 under an amnesty. Upon his return, he promoted control of the Tisza river and organized agriculture and the financial sector. He protested in favor of the autonomy of Protestant churches after the Patent of 1859 endangered them.

He was appointed Minister of Finance under the first constitutional Prime Minister, Gyula Andrássy, in 1867, and in 1870 became the Minister of Finance of Austria-Hungary. In August 1871 he was raised to the rank of Count, and in November 1871 he became Prime Minister of Hungary. He was driven from office relatively quickly, however, amidst accusations of corruption: He was accused directly by a member of the Diet on 18 November 1872, and was dismissed on 2 December of that year. He became a member of the upper chamber of the Diet in 1875, and died in 1884.

Ancestors

Menyhért Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény's ancestors in three generations

Menyhért Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény	Father: János Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény	Paternal Grandfather: Menyhért Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény	Paternal Great-grandfather: Baron László Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Zsófia Darvas de Nagy-Réth
		Paternal Grandmother: Erzsébet Szemere de Szemere	Paternal Great-grandfather:
			Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Florentina Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény	Maternal Grandfather: Gábor Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény	Maternal Great-grandfather: János Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Florentina Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény
		Maternal Grandmother: Piroska Prónay de Tóthpróna et Blathnicza	Maternal Great-grandfather:
			Maternal Great-grandmother:

References

• (German) "Lónyay". Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 10 (4th edition ed.). 1890. pp. pp. 910–911. http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=110556. 

Political offices
Preceded by Ferenc Duschek	Minister of Finance 1867–1870	Succeeded by Károly Kerkapoly
Preceded by Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust	Joint Minister of Finance of Austria-Hungary 1870–1871	Succeeded by Gyula Andrássy
Preceded by Gyula Andrássy	Prime Minister of Hungary 1871–1872	Succeeded by József Szlávy
	Minister of Defence 1871–1872
Cultural offices
Preceded by József Eötvös	President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1871–1884	Succeeded by Ágoston Trefort

Persondata
Name	Lonyay, Menyhert
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	6 January 1822
Place of birth	Nagylónya, Hungary
Date of death	3 November 1884
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary