Philipp Otto von Grumbkow

Philipp Otto von Grumbkow (12 May 1684 – 26 August 1752) was a statesman who served in the Province of Pomerania in the Kingdom of Prussia.

[1] Philipp Otto von Grumbkow was born on 12 May 1684 in Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg (now part of Germany).

[1] Philipp Otto von Grumbkow graduated from the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt in 1697.

The same year, the seat of the provincial government and the general directory were moved from Stargard to Szczecin.

[1][3] In 1773, he was awarded the Order of the Black Eagle by the king Frederick William I of Prussia.

[5] Grumbkow resigned from his position as president of the General Directory of War and Finance in 1742, and was succeeded by Georg Wilhelm von Aschersleben.

In 1747, due to his advanced age, he was relieved from most of his remaining offices, including as the chancellor and supreme president of the Province of Pomerania.