Henrik Ludvig Ernst von Schimmelmann

Heinrich Ludvig Ernst von Schimmelmann (10 September 1743 - 4 December 1793) was a German-Danish colonial administrator. He served as Governor-General of the Danish West Indies from 1784 to 1787. Prior to that, following Ulrich Wilhelm de Roepstorff's dismissal, a direct consequence of Struense's fall, he had briefly also served as acting governor-general of the islands in 1773. He was the nephew of Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann.

Henrik Ludvig Ernst von Schimmelmann.

Early life

Schimmelmann was born in Gross-Luckow, the son of Konsistorialraad Jacob Schimmelmann and Margrethe Sabine, née Neye. His paternal uncle was Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann in whose house in Hamburg he spent some years as a young man. In 1765, he came to Copenhagen where he served as chief bookkeeper for his uncle.[1]

Danish West Indies

In 1768, he was sent to the Danish West Indies to manage the plantations that the uncle had bought from the Danish government. On 7 September 1771, he was made a member of the Secretary Council (det sekrete Raad) on Saint Croix with title of justitsråd. On 16 June 1882, he was given permission by Kommercekollegiet to travel to Europe. He was in Copenhagen with former governor-general Peter Clausen . On 8 July 1773, after being after being recommended by Clausen, he was appointed 3rd Member of the a Government Council. On 24 May 1773, with rank of colonel lieutenant, he was appointed as governor of Saint Croix (vice governor). In late May, he returned to the Danish West Indies on board the Minerva. He landed on Saint Croix on 22 July. From 31 July to 27 October, following Ulrich Wilhelm de Roepstorff's dismissal, a direct consequence of Struense's fall, Schimmelmann served as acting governor-general of the islands Ge left the post following Clausen's return to the islands. . On 25 June 1784, he wsucceeded Clausen as governor-general. In 1785, he was promoted to major-general. He left the most as governor-general on 31 December 1787. He was succeeded by Ernst Frederik Walterstorff.[1]

Personal life

Schimmelmann married on 19 Sepyember 1775 on Sait Croix to Henriette Cathrine Schäffer (née Lexmond, ?-1816). He was the brother-in-law of Johan Friedrich Heinrich.[1]

Schimmelmqann was ennobled in 1780. He returned to Denmark in the late 1780s. In 1790, he bourht Skodsborg Gouse fro Johannes Søbøtker. He died on 4 December 1793 in Copenhagen and is buried at Garrison Cemetery.[2] His wife kept Skodsborg until 108.[1]

References
  1. Larsen, Kay. "Guvernører, residenter, kommandanter og chefer" (PDF) (in Danish). Arthur Jensens Forlag. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. "Henrik Ludvig Ernst von Schimmelmann". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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