Heinrich Ludwig von Schimmelmann
Heinrich Ludwig Ernst von Schimmelmann (born September 10, 1743 in Groß Luckow , † December 4, 1793 in Copenhagen ) was Governor General of the Danish West Indies .
Life
Heinrich Ludwig Schimmelmann was the second son of Jacob Schimmelmann , pastor in Groß Luckow near Pasewalk , and his wife Margarethe Sabine Neye. He spent his youth in the house of his uncle Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann in Hamburg . In 1765 he went to Copenhagen, where he worked as an accountant for his uncle. In 1768 he sent him to the Danish West Indies as administrator of his possessions, where he owned four plantations and 1,000 slaves. In 1769 he became a council member on Saint Croix , in 1771 a member of the government council and judicial council. In 1772 and 1773 he stayed in Copenhagen with Governor Peter Clausen. In 1773 he became interim governor until the arrival of Governor Clausen. For a time he was also in command of Sankt Thomas and Sankt Jan with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1776 he was promoted to colonel. In 1780 he was raised to the Danish nobility. He was appointed lieutenant governor in 1781. In 1785 he became governor general of the Danish West Indies with the rank of major general. In 1789 he was retired.
Since 1774 he was married to Henriette Cathrine Schäffer von Lexmond (* 1741 in Utrecht ; † 1816 in Odense ), a daughter of the Dutch governor general of the Cape Colony of Lexmond and widow of Thomas Vilhelm Schäffer, judicial advisor and bailiff on St. Thomas. Their son, Ernst Karl Heinrich von Schimmelmann (1781–1866), became the Prussian forest master in Letzlingen .
literature
- Louis Bobé : v. Schimmelmann, Heinrich Ludvig Ernst . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 15 : Scalabrini – Skanke . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1901, p. 139 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Heinrich Ludvig Ernst von Schimmelmann on De Vestindiske Øer - biografihistorisk oversigt (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Degn: The Schimmelmanns in the Atlantic triangular trade. Profit and conscience . Neumünster 1974, p. 74 ff
- ^ Franz Müller: Contributions to the cultural history of the city of Demmin. W. Gesellius, Demmin 1902, pp. 16-17, ZDB -ID 1109122-8 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schimmelmann, Heinrich Ludwig von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schimmelmann, Heinrich Ludwig Ernst von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Governor General of the Danish West Indies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Luckow |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 4, 1793 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |