Rasmus Kirketerp
Rasmus Kirketerp was a Danish businessman and bank manager. He owned the property Nyhavn 49 in Copenhagen.
Early life
Kirketerp was born on 8 September 1747 in Randers, the son of Hans Kirketerp and Sidsel Margrethe Brock.Career
On 9 June 1777, Kirketerp was granted citizenship as a wholesaler in Copenhagen. In the same year, he became a member of Grosserer-Societetet. In the late 1770s and early 1780s, he is mentioned as one of the largest merchants in the city. He was also elected to the Board of Representatives of Danske og Norske Species-Bank. Some time later, he replaced Erich Erichsen as one of the directors of the bank. He was also elected as one of the directors of Livrente-Societetet af 29. Juli 1792. On 16 April 1779. he replaced Andreas Skibsted as one of the directors of Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring. On 27 May 1795, he was himself replaced by wine merchant Jens Lang.On 23 June 1788, Kirketerp was elected as one of the city's 32 Men. He was a member of a number of important commissions. On 20 June 1794, he was appointed for the Provianterings-Kommissionen. On 4 December 1799, he was appointed for the Kommissionen angaaende Opførelsen af et nyt Raadhus8. On 13 November 1799, he was appointed as one of the directors of the Depositokassen9. On 12 August, he was appointed by the king for Kjøbenhavns Provianterings-Kommission10. On 30 November 1813, he was appointed.
Personal life and legacy
On 6 May 1778, Kirketerp was married to Elisabeth Rasmine Beckmann. She was a daughter of brewer and councilman in Copenhagen Diderik Barthold Beckmann and Ellen de Pauli.Rasmus Kirketerp owned the property Nyhavn 49, St. Annøs East Quarter from around 1790. At the time of the 1801 census, he lived there with his wife, five of their six children, a clerk, four maids, a coachman and a caretaker.
Rasmus Kirketerp died on 27 February 1830. The sons Hans and Niels Kirketerp were both wholesalers in Copenhagen. Hans Kirketerp was married twice, first to Mette Colstrup and then to Marie Christine Sundorph. He lived at Sankt Annl Plads 15. Niels Kirketerp was married to Erlandsine Frideriche Wandel. They lived in his parents's old house at Nyhavn 49 until at least the 1850s. The daughter Ellen Margrethe Christine Amalie Kirketerp was married to regiment surgeon Andreas Carl Wandel. Rasmine Elisabeth Kirketerp was married to wholesaler Albrecht Jørgen Schmidt. Morten Kirketerp was married to his niece Ida Elisabeth Kirketerp. They owned Danstedgaard in 1834. In 1836, he bought Høegholm at Grenå in Jutland.