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Christian Ludvig Scheel von Plessen

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'''Christian Ludvig Scheel von Plessen''' (21 December 1741 - 25 October 1801) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] landowner and county governor.

==Rarly life and education==
Christian Ludvig Scheel von Plessen was born at Fussingø near [[Tanders]], the son of Mogens Scheel von Plessen (1713–49) and Elisabeth Christine von Thienen (1715–88). He attended [[Sorø Academy]] from 1757 and was the following year escorted by Carl Wendt on a [[grand tour]], visiting the universities in Genève, Göttingen, Leiden and Utrecht.<ref name=DBL></ref>

==Career==
Back in Denmark, Scheel von Plessen became a trainee in the Treasury (''rentekammeret''). In 1769, he became a member of the General Land Commission (''Generallandvæsenskommissionen''). In 1771, he was appointed as [[amtmann|country governor]] of [[Copenhagen County]] (until 1788). He was a member of numerous commissions .

Scheel von Plessen was appointed ''[[junker|Kammerjunker]]'' in 1757 and chamberlain (''Kammerherre'') in 1766. He was created a [[Order of the Elephant|White Knight]] io 1774 and was appointed as ''Gehejmeråd'' in 1779 and ''Gehejmekonferensråd'' 1799.

==Property==
In an early age, Scheel von Plessen inhereted Fussingø at Randers and [[Selsø]] and [[Lindholm, Æejre Municipality|Lindholm]] at [[Roskilde]]. In 1771, he also received [[Harrestedgård]] and [[Saltø]] after [[Carl Adolph von Plessen]9. He was a pioneer in the implementation of the many agricultural reforms of the time.<ref name=DH></ref>

==References==


[[Category:18th-century Danish landowners]]
[[Category:1741 births]]
[[Category:1801 deaths]]

[[Category:Christian Ludvig Scheel von Plessen]]


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