Johann Anton von Buol-Schauenstein

Johann Anton Buol von Schauenstein (1710 – 28 March 1771) was a Swiss baron and politician from Sumvitg in the Grey League.

Life

Buol von Schauenstein was the son of Johann Anton Buol von Schauenstein, president of the Grey League and major-general in Austrian service. His brother was Rudolf Anton Buol. He married Eleonora Tschidera von Gleissheim. He was educated at the Jesuit college in Feldkirch.

Career

Buol von Schauenstein served as Landammann of the high jurisdiction of Disentis from 1743 to 1745, and was president of the Grey League in 1744, 1750, 1753, and 1764. In 1742 he inherited the title of baron of Schauenstein (and Ehrenfels), as well as the lordships of Reichenau and Tamins, from a childless maternal uncle, Count Franz Thomas von Schauenstein. As castellan and proprietor of a toll at the bridge of Reichenau, he ventured into mining without much success.