Ulrik Frederik von Suhm

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Ulrik Frederik von Suhm

Ulrik Frederik von Suhm (born July 4, 1686 in Pinneberg , † November 26, 1758 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish admiral , deputy and knight of Dannebrog .

family

Ulrik Frederik von Suhm came from the Danish noble family Suhm and was a son of the royal Danish state councilor and administrator in Pinneberg Heinrich von Suhm (1636-1700) and Margareta Dorothea von Felden (1648-1711).

His brothers included the Saxon diplomat Burchard von Suhm (1686-1758) and Major General Ernst Heinrich von Suhm (1668-1729). His nephews were the two diplomats Ulrich Friedrich von Suhm (1691–1740) and Nicolaus von Suhm (1697–1760), the Schoutby Night Heinrich von Suhm (1693–1744) and the Electorate Lieutenant General Peter von Suhm (1796–1760).

Suhm was married to Hilleborg Cathrine Lerche (1701–1767), daughter of the royal Danish budget councilor and chamberlain Christian Lerche, lord of Nielstrup and Engestofte, since 1718 . The marriage produced a daughter († young), the historian Peter Frederik Suhm (1728–1798) and another son († young).

Life

Suhm's career began as a naval cadet under the support of his relative Admiral Christopher Ernst von Støcken (1664-1711). In the years 1705-1708 he was in English military service, where he took part in battles under Admiral Shovel in the Mediterranean during the War of the Spanish Succession . Back in the Danish Navy, Suhm became second lieutenant in 1709 , rose to prime lieutenant in the same year , was promoted to lieutenant captain in 1711 , then to captain in 1714 and in 1723 to captain in command, in 1736 to Schoutbynacht, in 1739 to vice admiral and finally in 1742 to real admiral.

He already took part in the battles of the Great Northern War . From 1710 Suhm was chief on various ships, took part in battles against the Swedes off Jasmund in 1715 and operated together with the English fleet in the Baltic Sea in 1718.

In 1728 he was dismissed by Frederick IV, along with other naval officers , whereupon Suhm and his family lived for two years with Christian Siegfried von Plessen at Næsbyholm Palace and worked in the administration there. During this time, Count Seckendorff also tried to win Suhm for imperial services, but the latter refused, possibly because he was a very religious Protestant .

In 1720, after the death of Frederick IV, he returned to the naval service and in 1725 became chief of the Holmen while Count Friedrich Danneskiold-Samsøe became the chief naval administrator. Together they both designed the reconstruction of the Danish fleet, but were also significantly involved in the intrigue against Benstrup , the head of shipbuilding, which ultimately led to the rift between Danneskiold and Suhm, and culminated in his renewed dismissal in 1743.

Suhm then moved again to Plessen in Næsbyholm for three years. With Frederick V's accession to the throne , however, he immediately returned to active service and immediately took over his old position as chief on Ny- and Gammelholm. He remained in this position until 1756.

At the royal coronation in 1747 he received the Dannebrog Order . In 1754 Suhm became president of the Danish Vestindisk-Guinean company . After his discharge as chief of the Holmen, he received the rank of general and was appointed military deputy in the combined admiralty and general commission council. He remained in this position until his death.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Danmarks Adels Aarbog , 45, 1928, Afsnit 2, pp. 119–128.
personal data
SURNAME Suhm, Ulrik Frederik von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Suhm, Ulrik Frederik von; Suhm, Ulrik Frederik; Suhm, Ulrich Friedrich von; Suhm, Ulrich Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Admiral, Deputy and Knight of Dannebrog
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1686
PLACE OF BIRTH Pinneberg
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1758
Place of death Copenhagen