György Apponyi

György Apponyi
Speaker of the House of Magnates
In office
6 April 1861 – 22 August 1861
Preceded byZsigmond Perényi
Succeeded byPál Sennyey
Personal details
Born29 December 1808
Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary
(today Bratislava, Slovakia)
Died28 February 1899(1899-02-28) (aged 90)
PartyConservative Party
SpouseCountess Júlia Sztáray
ChildrenGeorgina
Albert
Professionpolitician

Count György Apponyi de Nagyappony (29 December 1808 – 28 February 1899) was a Hungarian conservative politician, who served as Lord Chancellor of Hungary from 1846 to 1848. He was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1858. He was appointed Speaker of the House of Magnates in 1861 when Emperor Francis Joseph I convened Hungarian Diet of 1861. As leader of the "old conservative" group he participated in development of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise after 1862.