- Ditlev Gothard Monrad
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Ditlev Gothard Monrad Council President of Denmark In office
December 31, 1863 – July 11, 1864Monarch Christian IX Preceded by Carl Christian Hall Succeeded by Christian Albrecht Bluhme Personal details Born November 24, 1811
CopenhagenDied March 28, 1887 (aged 75) Ditlev Gothard Monrad (November 24, 1811, Copenhagen – March 28, 1887) was a Danish politician and bishop of Lolland-Falster.
Monrad was one of the pioneers of the making of a constitutional Denmark after 1848. As Council President 1863-1864 he was the Danish state leader during the disastrous Second War of Schleswig against the German Confederation, led by Otto von Bismarck, which resulted in the Peace of Vienna.
After this war a depressed and disillusioned Monrad emigrated to New Zealand. After sending his sons to Nelson and other districts of New Zealand to scout for land, he chose to settle in Palmerston North in the North Island of New Zealand. He bought 482 acres (1.95 km2) of land at Karere Block. He lived first in a small hut, then later he erected a timber house and started clearing bushland. He and his family farmed cows and sheep. Monrad helped the New Zealand Company to find suitable settlers from Scandinavia and he helped many Danish immigrants to find land to settle on, most notably in the area of Dannevirke.
His work was disturbed by Māori rioters, who were Hauhaus under chief Titokowaru. Monrad buried his belongings and went with the family to Wellington and then went back to Denmark in 1869. His sons Viggo and Johannes later returned to Karere to become farmers.
Before leaving New Zealand he presented a precious collection of sketches and etchings by old European masters, e.g. Rembrandt, Rubens, Dürer and van Dyck, to the New Zealand Government. They are now part of the collection at the national museum of New Zealand - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and are occasionally on display there.
Monrad Intermediate is a Palmerston North intermediate school named after Ditlev Gothard Monrad.
Political offices Preceded by
New officeKultus Minister of Denmark
22 March 1848 – 15 November 1848Succeeded by
Johan Nicolai MadvigPreceded by
Carl Christian HallKultus Minister of Denmark
6 May 1859 – 2 December 1859Succeeded by
Vilhem August BorgenPreceded by
Vilhem August BorgenKultus Minister of Denmark
24 February 1860 - 31 December 1863Succeeded by
Christian Thorning EngelstoftPreceded by
Johan Christian von JessenInterior Minister of Denmark
24 February 1860 – 15 September 1861Succeeded by
Peter Martin Orla LehmannPreceded by
Carl Christian HallCouncil President of Denmark
31 December 1863 – 11 July 1864Succeeded by
Christian Albrecht BluhmePreceded by
Carl Emil FengerFinance Minister of Denmark
31 December 1863 – 11 July 1864Succeeded by
Christian Nathan DavidPreceded by
Carl Christian HallForeign Minister of Denmark
31 December 1863 – 8 January 1864Succeeded by
George QuaadePreceded by
Carl Christian HallMinister for Holstein and Lauenburg
31 December 1863 – 11 July 1864Succeeded by
Christian Albrecht BluhmePrime Ministers of Denmark Moltke · Bluhme · Ørsted · Bang · Andræ · Hall · Rotwitt · Hall · Monrad · Bluhme · Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs · Holstein-Holsteinborg · Fonnesbech · Estrup · Reedtz-Thott · Hørring · Sehested · Deuntzer · Christensen · Neergaard · Holstein-Ledreborg · Zahle · Berntsen · Zahle · Liebe · Friis · Neergaard · Stauning · Madsen-Mygdal · Stauning · Buhl · Scavenius · Buhl · Kristensen · Hedtoft · Eriksen · Hedtoft · Hansen · Kampmann · Krag · Baunsgaard · Krag · Jørgensen · Hartling · Jørgensen · Schlüter · Nyrup Rasmussen · Fogh Rasmussen · Løkke Rasmussen · Thorning-Schmidt
Literature
- Johan Schioldann-Nielsen, The life of D.G. Monrad (1811-1887) : manic-depressive disorder and political leadership, Odense University Press, 1988. ISBN 87-7492-668-3.
- G.C. Petersen, D.G. Monrad : Scholar, statesman, priest and New Zealand pioneer and his New Zealand descendants, Kerslake, Billens & Humphrey. 1965.
External links
- 50 Ministers of Education - From the Danish Ministry of Education.
- The Monrad Collection at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- A biography
- Biography in 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Categories:- 1811 births
- 1887 deaths
- People from Copenhagen
- Prime Ministers of Denmark
- Danish Finance Ministers
- Danish Foreign Ministers
- Danish Kultus Ministers
- Danish Interior Ministers
- Members of the Folketing
- New Zealand farmers
- Danish politician stubs
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