Carl Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Wylich und Lottum

He was the son of general Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Wylich und Lottum and his wife.

[a] Graf Lottum was born in Berlin and visited the Academie des Nobles, the principal educational establishment of the state, founded by Frederick the Great.

In the same year he was assigned to hold the Report of Military Affairs in front of the king, which should prove to be deciding for his career.

During this time, and until the report was passed on to von Scharnhorst, Frederick William III came to know and esteem Graf Lottum.

[1] In his charge as counselor for the king and being the head of the Reorganization Committee, he used his influence to strengthen the conservative tendencies in the aristocracy of Prussia.