Jørgen Conrad de Falsen
| Jørgen Conrad de Falsen | |
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Falsen c.1828
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| Born |
19 August 1785 Oslo |
| Died | 23 August 1849 (aged 64) Funen |
| Buried at | Holmens Kirke, Copenhagen (55°40′36″N 12°35′0″E / 55.67667°N 12.58333°ECoordinates: 55°40′36″N 12°35′0″E / 55.67667°N 12.58333°E) |
| Allegiance |
 Denmark-Norway
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Danish Navy
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| Years of service | 1797 - 1848 |
| Rank | Rear admiral |
| Battles/wars | |
| Relations | Father: Enevold De Falsen Brother: Christian Magnus Falsen |
Jørgen Conrad de Falsen (19 August 1785 – 23 August 1849) was a Danish-Norwegian naval officer who, despite being plagued by ill health, saw duty throughout the Gunboat War with Britain during the Napoleonic Wars, and who rose eventually to the rank of rear admiral. He married twice, the second marriage being to a lady-in-waiting to the Danish Queen.
His father, Enevold de Falsen (1755–1808) married Anna Henrikka Petronelle Mathiesen (1762–1825) in 1781. They had 7 children, including the statesman Christian Magnus Falsen (1782–1830) and the county governor Carl Valentin de Falsen (1787–1852). Their fourth child, Jørgen Conrad de Falsen was born on 19 August 1785 in Kristiania (now Oslo).
de Falsen joined the Danish-Norwegian navy as a volunteer cadet in 1797, becoming a midshipman in 1798 and acting lieutenant in 1801. Promoted to junior lieutenant in 1802, he served in Friderichssteen on a cruise to the Danish West Indies in 1802 -1803. Returning in poor health, he was granted six months sick leave – extended to nine months – before resuming duties and in 1805 returning to the Danish West Indies in the frigate Diane, a voyage followed by another extended period of leave.
In April and May 1807 he was first officer on board the frigate Triton, and later in 1807 in charge of troop transports bringing Danish soldiers from Femern to Lolland around the British blockade. Later the same year, he was promoted to senior lieutenant.
In 1808 and early 1809 he was stationed on the Scheldt, where Danes crewed and officered Pultusk (or Pulstuck) and Dantzick, two French ships-of-the-line. When the Danish captains were replaced on 28 January 1809 with French ones, Falsen and fellow officer Senior Lieutenant Frederick Christian Holsten resigned in protest and refused to obey orders, so they were arrested and sent to Frederickshavn Citadel to serve a six-month detention.
In July 1809 Falsen was posted to a gunboat flotilla in the Great Belt, but in August was ordered from Nyborg to Fladstrand. Whilst travelling to his new post, he injured his knee in a cart accident, so P. M. Tuxen took command at Fladstrand.
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