Frederik Treschow (1786–1869)
| Wilhelm Frederik Treschow | |
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| Born |
15 September 1786 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 2 April 1869 (aged 82) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician, landowner |
| Known for | Treschows Stiftelse |
| Awards | Grand Cross of the Dannebrog |
Vilhelm Frederik Treschow (15 September 1786 – 2 April 1869 was a Danish supreme court attorney, politician, landowner and philanthropist. He founded Treschows Stiftelse in Copenhagen.
Frederik Treschow was born in Copenhagen to Supreme Court justice Michael Treschow (1741-1816) he Christina E. Wasserfall (1753-1823). He graduated from Roskilde Cathedral School in Roskilde in 1803 after initially attending the Metropolitan School in Copenhagen. He studied law at the University of Copenhagen under the guidance of Anders Sandøe Ørsted and graduated in 1806.
He worked for Den kongelige Landsoverret and Hof- og Stadsret from 1909 and became a supreme court attorney in 1811. Treschow was considered one of the best barristers of his generation. He had many clients in the business world and represented the Danish Asia Company in a number of cases about the Danish West Indies.
In 1820-21, he defended Jacob Jacobsen Dampe and in 1825-26 he represented Grundtvigs against H.N. Clausen in a case about defamation and paid his fine of 100 Danish rigsdaler.
In 1828, he was appointed procurator fiscal. He prosecuted C.N. Davids in 1836 and Orla Lehmanns in 1842 before resigning in 1846 when the government against his advice insisted on continuing the trial against the speakers at the Student Meeting of 1845 (Orla Lehmann, H.F. Poulsen and Frederik Helweg) who were all found not guilty.
In 1828-33 and again in 1840-45, 1849–54 and 1858–63, he represented Bank of Denmark (from 1832 as chairman) and became a member of the commission in the so-called Twelfth Million Case in 1838.
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