William Frederik Duntzfelt

William Frederik Duntzfelt (12 June 1792 - 12 October 1863) was a Danish merchant. He continued Duntzfelt & Co. but left the company in 1825. He was also a member of the 1848 Danish Constituent Assembly.

William Frederik Duntzfelt
Born(1792-06-12)12 June 1792
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died12 October 1863(1863-10-12) (aged 71)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
OccupationBusinessman and politician
AwardsCommander of the Order of the Dannebrog|Knight of the Dannebrog, 1840

Early life and education

Duntzfelt was born in Copenhagen, the son of merchant William Duntzfelt and Marie Henriette de Coninck (1774-1843).

Career

He continued the family firm after his father's death in 1809 and was granted citizenship as a merchant in 1812. He became a member of Grosserersocietetet's committee in 1819 but pulled out of Duntzfelt & Co. in 1825.[1]

He was one of the directors of the Danish Asiatic Company in 1837 and headed the liquidization of the company in 1843

Politics

Duntzfelt became one of the City's 32 Men in 1838 and continued in Copenhagen City Council in 1840. He became a councilman in 1848.

Duntzfelt was elected for Roskilde Provincial Assembly in 1842, 1844, 1846 and was also a member of the 1949 Danish Constituent Assembly.

He was awarded the title Etatsråd in 1857 and the Order of the Dannebrog in 1840.

Personal life
Bertha Duntzfelt painted by David Monies
Duntzfelt and his wife

He married Bertha Christmas (1797–1872), a daughter of ship captain John Christmas (1757-1822) and Johanne Marie Heinrich (1770-1802), on 13 October 1814 in the Reformed Church in Copenhagen. They had two children, Marie Duntzfelt and Edouard Duntzfelt.

Duntzfelt died on 12 October 1863 and is buried in Assistens Cemetery.

References
  1. "William Duntzfelt". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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