Thomas Ter-Borch
Thomas Ter-Borch (31 January 1762 – 7 March 1812)[1] was a Dutch-born Danish businessman. He served as Austrian consul in Copenhagen.
Early life and background
[edit]Thomas Ter-Borch was born on 31 January 1762 in Amsterdam. He was the son of banker Abraham Ter-Borch (1717-?). He moved to Copenhagen in the 1790s.
Career
[edit]In Copenhagen, Ter-Borch was licensed as a wholesaler (grosserer). He was a member of Grosserer-Societetet.[2] As of 16 June 1809, the number of wholesale merchants in Copenhagen had increased to 173 (cf. list below).[2] He partnered with Charles August Selby. Their company traded as Selby & Ter-Borch and later, after they had been joined by John Christmas, as Selby, Christmas & Ter-Borch. The company was headquartered in Thomas Ter-Borch's property at Dronningens Tværgade 7.[3]
In 1796, Selby / Ter-Burch owned fuive ships.[4]
In 1794, Selby and Co. purchased the Union House sugar refinery on Strandgade in Christianshavn. In 1800, when Selby retired to his country estates, it was acquired by Christmas, Ter-Borch & Company.[3]
Personal life and legacy
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In 1802, Ter-Borch married to Anna Elisabeth Heinrich (1782–1826). She was the youngest of six children of Johan Friedrich Heinrich (1730–1808), a former director of the Danish West India Company and Birgitte Lexmond (1738–1811). Back in 1786, he had headed a Danish delegation in negotiations with Abraham Ter-Borch concerning a loan of 11 million gylden to a group of planters on Saint Croix.[5] Ter-Borch and his wife had a son and three daughters. Their son Thomas Julius Ter-Borch (1803–1830) studied law. He was married to Juliane Bull.[6] The daughter Johanne Frederikke Ter-Borch (1804–1857) was married to Ove Emrich Høegh Guldberg (1793–1843), a grandson of Ove Høegh-Guldberg. The second-eldest daughter Juliane Johanne Ter-Borch married to the military officer and amtmand Mathias Reinhold von Jessen (189+-1853). The daughter Maria Ter-Borch (died 1854) married to Diderius Bernhardus Liedermooij (1784-).[7]
Ter-Borch owned the property Dronningens Rværgade 7. In 1810, he bought the country house Lindslyst from Jens Lind. It was subsequently renamed Taffel-Bay.[8]
On 2 March 1784, Ter-Borch became a member of the Order of the Chain (Knight from 2 December 1787).[9]
Ter-Norch died in 1812. He is buried at Assistens Cemetery (Section B). His timb features a portrait relief of him as well as a relief of Mercury and Neptinus.[10]
His widow married in 1813 to Israel Suell (1782–1860). Ter-Borch's trading firm was subsequently continued as Israel Suell, Ter Broch & Company, It went bankrupt in 1819.
References
[edit]- ^ "Thomas Ter-Borch" (in Danish). National Library of Denmark. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ a b Werner, Johannes. "Christian Wilhelm Duntzfelt - en dansk storkøbmand fra den glimrende handelsperiode" (PDF). Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Folkene bag sukkerraffinaderiet "Union House" 1771-1811 på Christianshavn". idahaugsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "C. Selby & Christmas Ter-Borch & Co. = Terborch & Co". jmarcussen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Briterne (click "Ter-Vorck")". chrarkiv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Anetavle for advokaten og erhvervsmanden Thor Stadil" (PDF). slaegtsbibliotek.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Mathias Reinhold von Jessen". finnholbek.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Gentofte Sogn i fortid og nytid" (PDF). Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Anetavle for advokaten og erhvervsmanden Thor Stadil" (PDF). slaegtsbibliotek.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Larsen, Henning Valeur. "En tur på Assistens Kirkegård" (PDF) (in Danish). Historiske Meddelelser om København. Retrieved 16 June 2022.