Count Mauritz Posse
Cabinet Minister
✶ 1712 in Lubeck
✟ 19 July 1787 in Stockholm
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 25 November 1771
Knighted 22 August 1772 in the Royal Chapel
motto
Memor patriae (Remembering the fatherland)
shield
Painted 1772 by Lars Bolander
other awards
Knight of the Order of the Sword 1748
Commander of the Order of the Sword 1756
Biography
Of the baronial family Posse af Säby
Count Posse 1771 (unintroduced)
Major General 1760
Governor in Älvsborgs county 1763-1769
Cabinet Minister 1769
Placement
Not on display.