Bruno von Schuckmann

Bruno von Schuckmann (Born December 3, 1857, in Rohrbeck, Arnswalde District – † June 6, 1919, in Stettin) was a German lawyer and consular officer. He was an imperial governor in German South West Africa and a member of the Prussian House of Representatives.

Bruno von Schuckmann

In April 1890, Schuckmann moved as an "auxiliary worker" to the colonial department of the Federal Foreign Office, where he was promoted to the Legation Council in May 1891. As early as July 1891, he was sent to Cameroon to represent Governor Eugene von Zimmerer. Returning to Berlin at the end of January 1892, he German Consul-General in Cape Town in October 1895.

Back in Berlin, Schuckmann became Secret Legation Council in December 1899. On December 17, 1901, he went into temporary retirement. From 1904 to 1907 he belonged to the Prussian House of Representatives for the Conservative Party. On May 21, 1907, he was called back to the Reichsdienst and from July 1907 appointed governor of German South West Africa. He held this position until June 1910 but finally resigned because of the government's diamond policy.

Between 1911 and 1918 Schuckmann was again a member of the Prussian House of Representatives. In 1911 he acquired the Fischerheide Forest estate in the Arnswalde district.

At the First World War, despite his age, he became a volunteer in the 3rd Guard Lancers, as a sergeant and a lieutenant in the reserve. At times he acted as chairman of the economic committee of the Ghent stage inspection. Schuckmann succumbed to an illness that he contracted in the field in June of 1919.