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Charles August Selby (24 October 1755 – 15 March 1823) was an
, Orupgaard Gods. Retrieved 22 November 2012."Orupgård"
Lolland-Falsters Herregårde. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
In 1795, he bought Bækkeskov and the
''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon''. Retrieved 29 November 2012. Selby was styled as
After his first wife died in 1809, he bought
Charles August Selby
{{DEFAULTSORT:Selby, Charles August 18th-century Danish businesspeople 19th-century Danish landowners Danish merchants British emigrants to Denmark People from Falster 1755 births 1823 deaths Barons of Denmark
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merchant and landowner. He built the Bækkeskov manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
at Præstø
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The islands of '' Maderne'', ''Storeholm'', and ''Lilleholm'' are part ...
and Orupgaard
Orupgaard is a manor house located east of Nykøbing and north of Idestrup on the Danish island of Falster. With a history dating from the 13th century, Orupgaard today manages over of farmland and forest as well as an equestrian facility at B ...
on Falster
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. The Baron
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's oldest son, the politician and landowner, Charles Borre Selby, inherited the estate."Orupgaards historie", Orupgaard Gods. Retrieved 22 November 2012."Orupgård"
Lolland-Falsters Herregårde. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
Early life
Selby was born in London, the son of Thomas Selbye (1711-1787), the owner ofBiddlestone
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, Northumberland
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. He was educated by English Benedictine monks in Douai
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in Flanders
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,
Career in commerce
Selby came to Copenhagen in around 1770 and in 1771 became a partner inWilliam Chippendale
William Chippendale (1730s–1802) was an English merchant who was active in Copenhagen from the late 1750s through the mid-1780s. His firm traded on the Danish West Indies. He owned the Andreas Bjørn House at Strandgade 46 in Copenhagen from 17 ...
's firm which had interests in the Union House sugar refinery. He was also associated with the Copenhagen firm of Selby & Co., which later became Selby & Ter-Borch, and in 1795, the company was taken over by Selby's partner, the Austrian consul
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Thomas Ter-Borch. Selby developed a profitable interest in West-Indian trade until 1795-
Personal life and property
Charles Selbye married Birgitte Kirstine Borre (1757-1809) on 26 November 1777. She was a daughter of Selbye's neighbor, tobacco manufacturerPeter Borre
Peter Borre (2 September 1716 – 20 December 1789) was a Danish merchant and slave trader. He owned the Copenhagen-based trading house ''Borre & Fenger'' in a partnership with Peter Fenger from around 1755. The company traded on the Danish West I ...
and Sophia Aagaard.
In 1795, he bought Bækkeskov and the Bredeshave
Bredeshave is a former manor house located at Tappernøse, Næstved Municipality Denmark. The estate was established as a farm under Bækkeskov in 1786 and granted status of a manor in 1802. Its most notable former owner is Charles August Selby. ...
farm. There, he was successful in introducing English and Flemish methods of farming. He built a Neoclassical manor at Bækkeskov but surprisingly sold it again in 1805 for reasons unknown."Charles Selby"''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon''. Retrieved 29 November 2012. Selby was styled as
Baron
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in 1796.
After his first wife died in 1809, he bought Orupgård
Orupgaard is a manor house located east of Nykøbing and north of Idestrup on the Danish island of Falster. With a history dating from the 13th century, Orupgaard today manages over of farmland and forest as well as an equestrian facility at ...
on the island of Falster, redesigning the manor and developing farming there. Through his second wife, he acquired Güldenstein in Holstein
Holstein (; nds, label=Northern Low Saxon, Holsteen; da, Holsten; Latin and historical en, Holsatia, italic=yes) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of German ...
together with several farms in the vicinity where he applied model approaches to cattle farming and forestry for the remainder of his life.
Selbye purchased the house at Strandgade 24
The Strandgade 24 is a listed Neoclassical townhouse located on Strandgade in Copenhagen, Denmark.
History 17th and 18th centuries
The site was originally part of the same property as Strandgade 22. In 1749, it was sold separately to Franz FÃ ...
in 1780. He sold it in 1785 but reacquired it in the first half of the 1790s. From his correspondence, it can be seen Selby was a well-educated, gentlemanly figure with an interest in art and aesthetics. He demonstrated strong affinities with Denmark, donating considerable sums for the reconstruction of its fleet.
See also
*Bredeshave
Bredeshave is a former manor house located at Tappernøse, Næstved Municipality Denmark. The estate was established as a farm under Bækkeskov in 1786 and granted status of a manor in 1802. Its most notable former owner is Charles August Selby. ...
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