
Born: January 20, 1712, Grünstadt, Germany.
Died: February 14, 1784, Deufstetten, Germany.
Christoph was the son of Quirin Heinrich von Pfeil, who at the time was in the service of the Count of Leiningen.
He matriculated at the University of Halle in 1728, as a student of law. After completing his course at the University of Tübingen, he was appointed, in 1732, Württemberg secretary of legation at Regensburg; then, in 1737, Justiz-und-Regierungsrath at Stuttgart; in 1745 Tutelarraths-Präsident; in 1755 Kreisdirectorialgesandter to the Swabian Diet; in 1758 Geheim Legationsrath; and in 1759 Geheimrath.
However, he found himself at last no longer able to cooperate in carrying out the absolutism of the Württemberg prime minister Count Montmartin. When his resignation was accepted, April 13, 1763, he retired to the estate of Deufstetten, near Crailsheim, which he had bought in 1761. In Sept., 1763, he was appointed by Frederick the Great as Geheimrath, and accredited Prussian minister or ambassador to the Diets of Swabia and Franconia. He was thereafter created Baron by the Emperor Joseph II, and in 1765 received the cross of the Red Eagle Order from Frederick the Great.
In August 1783, an intermittent fever developed which confined him to bed, where he remained until his death
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