Reinhard Iselin

Reinhard Iselin (4 August 1714 – 10 April 1781) was a Danish merchant, shipowner and industrialist who founded Reinhard Iselin & Co. in Copenhagen in 1749. The company completed 65 expeditions to the Danish West Indies. Iselin was also active in the Danish Asiatic Company where he served on the board of directors from 1759 to 1769. He owned Iselingen and Rosenfeldt at Vordingborg. He was raised to the peerage with rank of baron in 1776 but the title died with him since both his sons died as infants.

Reinhard Iselin
Born(1714-08-04)4 August 1714
Basel, Switzerland
Died10 April 1781(1781-04-10) (aged 66)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
OccupationMerchant
AwardsKnight of the Dannebrog

Early life and education

Born in Basel, Iselin was the son of brazier Johan Ludvig Iselin (1676–1745) and his second wife Margaretha Schrotberger (died 1755). Iselin completed an apprenticeship before travelling first to Cologne and then Copenhagen in 1740,

Shipping

In Copenhagen, Iselin initially worked for Fabritius & Wever, a trading house owned by Michael Fabritius.

In 1749 he established his own trading house under the name Reinhard Iselin & Co. which soon grew to be one of the most important in Copenhagen. Iselin was involved in many of the chartered companies of the time and served as director of the Danish Asiatic Company from 1759 to 1769. He was also active in the Danish Africa Company which was founded at the initiative of Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff. He belonged to the circle of merchants that Bernstorff relied on for state loans.[1]

A stroke forced Icelin to retire from the company in 1777. It was then continued by his wife until her death. The firm owned four ships in 1779. Iselin & Co. completed a total of 65 expeditions to the Danish West Indies.[2]

Ships
Name Image Owned Type Built Comments Reference
Prinsesse Louise1777-1779Hækbåd1756 in Haderslev or FlensburgName later changed to Baronesse IselinRef
Debora-1761Brigantine /SnauBefore 1761Sold to the Danish Asiatic CompanyRef
Anna Elisabeth?-1761?Before 1761Ref
Elisabeth1776 - c. 1784?1776Jørgen Kylling was captain of the ship in 1776 ca.Ref

Industrial enterprises

Iselin was also involved in several industrial enterprises. In 1754, he was one of the founders of a textile mill and later that same year obtained a royal license to establish a Calico textile manufactury at the Christiansholm estate. In 1772, he took over Outerloo's tannery in Adelgade and he also operated a large sugar refinery. Iselin also owned approximately two fifth of Froland's iron works at Arendal.

Property and honours
Reinhard Iselin's coat of arms

Iselin was given title of Etatsråd in 1766 and Konferensråd in 1769. He owned Rosendal and Rosenvænget at Copenhagen as well as a country house (now Gramlille) in Kongens Lyngby.

He acquired the estates Iselingen, Rosenfeldt, Snertingegaard and Avnø at Vordingborg from the state when Vordingborg Cavalry District was sold in auction in 1774. In 1776, Iselin was ennobled with title of baron (friherre).

Personal life and legacy

Iselin married his former employer Michael Fabritius' daughter Anna Elisabeth on 2 February 1772 in the German Reformed Church in Copenhagen. They had four children. Their two sons died as infants. Their daughter Marie Margrethe (Mimi) (1753-1814) married Christian Frederik (Friedrich) Ernst Rantzau von Rantzau (1747-1806). Their daughter Lisa married Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette.

Iselin died on 10 April 1781. His widow married Johan Frederik Classen in 1783. In accordance with his wishes, she established two stamhuse for their daughters in 1781, Iselingen and Rosenfeldt (named after the family's home town, Rosenfeld in Württemberg). |Anna Elisabeth (née Fabritius) married Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette.

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References
  1. "Reinhard Iselin" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. "Grosserer Reinhard Iselin". jmarcussen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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