Johan Carl Thuerecht von Castenschiold explained

Johan Carl Thuerecht von Castenschiold (14 June 1787 – 30 January 1844) was a Danish civil servant and nobleman who served as Governor of Iceland (1813–1819).^{[1] [2]}

Castenschiold was born in Skælskør to Joachim Melchior Holten Castenschiold and Elisabeth Gysbertsdatter Behagen.^[3] The Castenschiold family is descended from his great-grandfather, Johan Lorentz Carstensen, who was a plantation owner on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas.^{[4] [5]} He studied law at the University of Copenhagen, graduating in 1806.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Háskólabókasafn . Landsbókasafn Íslands- . Tímarit.is . 2024-06-26 . timarit.is . is.
2. Book: Agnarsdóttir, Anna . Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents . 2017-01-06 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-351-89995-6 . en.
3. Web site: Bricka . Carl Frederik . 429 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / III. Bind. Brandt - Clavus) . 2024-06-26 . runeberg.org . da.
4. Book: Thorkild, Hansen . Islands of Slaves . 2017-01-17 . Sub-Saharan Publishers . 978-9988-550-62-2 . en.
5. Book: Paiewonsky, Isidor . Eyewitness Accounts of Slavery in the Danish West Indies: Also Graphic Tales of Other Slave Happenings on Ships and Plantations . 1989 . Fordham University Press . 978-0-8232-1260-6 . en.
6. Book: Agnarsdóttir, Anna . Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents . 2017-01-06 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-351-89995-6 . en.