Christopher de Paus

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Christopher de Paus
Christopher de Paus
Born	1862
Died	1943
Occupation	Chamberlain, Count

Christopher Tostrup (de) Paus (1862-1943) was a Norwegian land owner and count, known as philanthropist, art collector and socialite in the late 19th and early 20th century.

He was a Privy Chamberlain of the Sword and Cape to the Pope, Knight of Malta and was made a Roman Count by the Pope in 1923, as the only Norwegian after Johannes Olav Fallize, head of the Catholic Church in Norway 1887-1922. From 1914 he lived on his manor Trystorp, and later Herresta, in Sweden. De Paus owned the largest collection of Greek and Roman art in Scandinavia. He belonged to one of the oldest Norwegian families, the Paus family.

[edit] Literature

• Gerber, Tage von (1924): «de Paus», in Sveriges ointroducerade adels kalender 1925. Malmö: Sveriges Ointroducerade Adels Förening