Mór Domony Dr. de Domony, Knight
Dr. Móric Domonyi Domonyi (1872-1944) was born into a noble family in Pest. He completed his secondary school education here and then studied law at the University of Budapest. He rendered unparalleled services to the development of transport in Hungary, especially in the field of Danube navigation. In addition, he was actively involved in the promotion of industry in Hungary and abroad as a member of the board of directors of several industrial companies. For 15 years he was the President of the Brasov Cellulose Factory Joint Stock Company.
Móric Domony was born in Pest on 13 February 1872, the son of Miksa Domonyi Brüll, Dutch consul, royal councillor, and Franciska Munk. His father received the title of nobility in 1882.
He completed his secondary school education in Pest. Afterwards, he completed a doctorate in law and political science at the University of Budapest.
From 1896 he worked as an assistant clerk in the Ministry of Commerce. In 1903 he became deputy director and general secretary of the Royal Hungarian River and Shipping Company. In 1904 he became Managing Director of the same company, and from 1921 to 1935 he served as Chief Executive Officer. He asked for his retirement in 1935.
Through his active work, he had a significant impact on the development of Hungarian river navigation and its upgrading to European standards. It was thanks to this that the King granted him the title of Minister Counsellor in 1917. Domony's work is noteworthy in that he helped to raise the importance of Danube shipping during the First World War: the improvements he made and the strengthening of the fleet helped to professionalise the transport of goods, which became a priority after the war. In the world of economics, he was an active member of the board of directors of a number of prominent financial institutions and industrial companies. He was a member of the board of directors of the Hungarian General Credit Bank, the Keleti Shipping Company, the Pesti Llyoyd Company and the First Hungarian Rice Husking and Rice Starching Company. He was Chairman of the Brasov Cellulose Factory Joint Stock Company and Vice Chairman of the Providentia Insurance Joint Stock Company.
Through his family connections he was also actively involved in the life of the Hungarian General Credit Bank, as he was the son-in-law of Zsigmond Kornfeld. He participated as a shareholder in the ordinary general meetings of 1904 and 1905. At another general meeting, also held in 1905, he certified the minutes of the general meeting. At the 1906 general meeting, he and Zsigmond Kornfeld together held more than half of the shares, thus promoting Kornfeld's role and confidence within the Credit Bank. The joint 'alliance' also steadily strengthened Domony's position, which contributed to the growth of his role in these industrial companies through the intercession of his father-in-law. The close bond between the two is demonstrated by the fact that when Zsigmond Kornfeld drew up his will in 1907, he named not only his daughter but also his son-in-law.
Tevékenységei elismerésére számos kitüntetéssel díjazták évtizedes munkáját: Ferenc József-rend középkeresztje, Vöröskereszt tiszti díszjelvénye a hadiékítménnyel, II. osztályú porosz királyi koronarend a csillaggal, II. és III. osztályú porosz királyi Vöröskereszt érem, II. osztályú bajor Szent Mihály érdemrend a csillaggal, bajor koronarend nagy tisztikeresztje a csillaggal, bolgár polgári érdemrend nagy tisztikeresztje, bolgár Szent Sándor-rend nagy tisztikeresztje, I. osztályú bolgár Vöröskereszt érem, török Osmanje-rend középkeresztje, szerb Takovo-rend tisztikeresztje.
It is also noteworthy that he was actively involved in sport, as evidenced by his presidency of the Old Pink Fencing Club and his membership of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian Fencing Federation.
His wife died in 1939 and he was buried in the Fiumei Úti Cemetery. Móric Domonyi's fate was determined by the Second World War. In 1944, in connection with the Jewish laws, he was forced to resign from the management of the Hungarian Cocoa and Chocolate Factory, the Granite Porcelain and Stoneware Factory and the Hungarian-Belgian Mineral Oil Joint Stock Company. Subsequently, although he converted from Israelite to Roman Catholicism in 1919, he was executed by the Arrow Cross in the same year.
Sources
Béla Kempelen: Hungarian Jews and families of Jewish origin 1. Budapest, 1937. 130.
Ágnes Kenyeres (editor-in-chief): Hungarian biographical lexicon 1. (A-K) Akadémiai Kiadó. Budapest, 1967. 390.
József Leba: Zsigmond Kornfeld the banker turned baron, or a financial success story in the Monarchy. PhD thesis. Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Doctoral School of History. Budapest, 2021.
Press material 1896-1944.
Géza Szentmiklóssy (ed.): The Hungarian Resurrection lexicon. The Hungarian Resurrection lexicon. Budapest, 1930. 547-548.
Péter Ujvári (ed.): Hungarian Jewish lexicon. Pallas Literary and Printing Company. Budapest, 1929. 205.
Born: 13 February 1872.
Place of birth: Pest
Time of death: 1944
Place of death: Budapest (Budapest capital)
Occupation: economist, CEO and President of the Royal Hungarian River and Shipping Company, President of the Brasov Cellulose Company, Ministerial Advisor
Parents: Miksa Domonyi Brüll (1836-1890), Franciska Munk (1845-1879)
Spouses: Kornfeld Mária (1881-1939)
Children: Péter Miksa Domony (1903-1989), János Domony (1906-?)
Author: Róbert Szabó
Born: 13 February 1872.
Place of birth: Pest
Time of death: 1944
Place of death: Budapest (Budapest capital)
Occupation: economist, CEO and President of the Royal Hungarian River and Shipping Company, President of the Brasov Cellulose Company, Ministerial Advisor
Parents: Miksa Domonyi Brüll (1836-1890), Franciska Munk (1845-1879)
Spouses: Kornfeld Mária (1881-1939)
Children: Péter Miksa Domony (1903-1989), János Domony (1906-?)
Author: Róbert Szabó
Mór Domony Dr. de Domony, Knight
Dr. Móric Domonyi Domonyi (1872-1944) was born into a noble family in Pest. He completed his secondary school education here and then studied law at the University of Budapest. He rendered unparalleled services to the development of transport in Hungary, especially in the field of Danube navigation. In addition, he was actively involved in the promotion of industry in Hungary and abroad as a member of the board of directors of several industrial companies. For 15 years he was the President of the Brasov Cellulose Factory Joint Stock Company.
Móric Domony was born in Pest on 13 February 1872, the son of Miksa Domonyi Brüll, Dutch consul, royal councillor, and Franciska Munk. His father received the title of nobility in 1882.
He completed his secondary school education in Pest. Afterwards, he completed a doctorate in law and political science at the University of Budapest.
From 1896 he worked as an assistant clerk in the Ministry of Commerce. In 1903 he became deputy director and general secretary of the Royal Hungarian River and Shipping Company. In 1904 he became Managing Director of the same company, and from 1921 to 1935 he served as Chief Executive Officer. He asked for his retirement in 1935.
Through his active work, he had a significant impact on the development of Hungarian river navigation and its upgrading to European standards. It was thanks to this that the King granted him the title of Minister Counsellor in 1917. Domony's work is noteworthy in that he helped to raise the importance of Danube shipping during the First World War: the improvements he made and the strengthening of the fleet helped to professionalise the transport of goods, which became a priority after the war. In the world of economics, he was an active member of the board of directors of a number of prominent financial institutions and industrial companies. He was a member of the board of directors of the Hungarian General Credit Bank, the Keleti Shipping Company, the Pesti Llyoyd Company and the First Hungarian Rice Husking and Rice Starching Company. He was Chairman of the Brasov Cellulose Factory Joint Stock Company and Vice Chairman of the Providentia Insurance Joint Stock Company.
Through his family connections he was also actively involved in the life of the Hungarian General Credit Bank, as he was the son-in-law of Zsigmond Kornfeld. He participated as a shareholder in the ordinary general meetings of 1904 and 1905. At another general meeting, also held in 1905, he certified the minutes of the general meeting. At the 1906 general meeting, he and Zsigmond Kornfeld together held more than half of the shares, thus promoting Kornfeld's role and confidence within the Credit Bank. The joint 'alliance' also steadily strengthened Domony's position, which contributed to the growth of his role in these industrial companies through the intercession of his father-in-law. The close bond between the two is demonstrated by the fact that when Zsigmond Kornfeld drew up his will in 1907, he named not only his daughter but also his son-in-law.
Tevékenységei elismerésére számos kitüntetéssel díjazták évtizedes munkáját: Ferenc József-rend középkeresztje, Vöröskereszt tiszti díszjelvénye a hadiékítménnyel, II. osztályú porosz királyi koronarend a csillaggal, II. és III. osztályú porosz királyi Vöröskereszt érem, II. osztályú bajor Szent Mihály érdemrend a csillaggal, bajor koronarend nagy tisztikeresztje a csillaggal, bolgár polgári érdemrend nagy tisztikeresztje, bolgár Szent Sándor-rend nagy tisztikeresztje, I. osztályú bolgár Vöröskereszt érem, török Osmanje-rend középkeresztje, szerb Takovo-rend tisztikeresztje.
It is also noteworthy that he was actively involved in sport, as evidenced by his presidency of the Old Pink Fencing Club and his membership of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian Fencing Federation.
His wife died in 1939 and he was buried in the Fiumei Úti Cemetery. Móric Domonyi's fate was determined by the Second World War. In 1944, in connection with the Jewish laws, he was forced to resign from the management of the Hungarian Cocoa and Chocolate Factory, the Granite Porcelain and Stoneware Factory and the Hungarian-Belgian Mineral Oil Joint Stock Company. Subsequently, although he converted from Israelite to Roman Catholicism in 1919, he was executed by the Arrow Cross in the same year.
Sources
Béla Kempelen: Hungarian Jews and families of Jewish origin 1. Budapest, 1937. 130.
Ágnes Kenyeres (editor-in-chief): Hungarian biographical lexicon 1. (A-K) Akadémiai Kiadó. Budapest, 1967. 390.
József Leba: Zsigmond Kornfeld the banker turned baron, or a financial success story in the Monarchy. PhD thesis. Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Doctoral School of History. Budapest, 2021.
Press material 1896-1944.
Géza Szentmiklóssy (ed.): The Hungarian Resurrection lexicon. The Hungarian Resurrection lexicon. Budapest, 1930. 547-548.
Péter Ujvári (ed.): Hungarian Jewish lexicon. Pallas Literary and Printing Company. Budapest, 1929. 205.