Ditlev Gothard Monrad

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Ditlev Gothard Monrad
Council President of Denmark
In office
December 31, 1863  July 11, 1864
Monarch Christian IX
Preceded by Carl Christian Hall
Succeeded by Christian Albrecht Bluhme
Personal details
Born (1811-11-24)November 24, 1811
Copenhagen
Died March 28, 1887(1887-03-28) (aged 75)
Nykøbing Falster
Political party National Liberal Party

Ditlev Gothard Monrad (November 24, 1811 March 28, 1887) was a Danish politician and bishop of Lolland-Falster.

Monrad was one of the pioneers of the making of a constitutional Denmark after 1848. As Council President 1863-1864 he was the Danish state leader during the early part of Second War of Schleswig against the German Confederation, led by Otto von Bismarck, which resulted in the Peace of Vienna.

After this war a depressed and disillusioned Monrad emigrated to New Zealand. After sending his sons to Nelson and other districts of New Zealand to scout for land, he chose to settle in Palmerston North in the North Island of New Zealand. He bought 482 acres (1.95 km2) of land at Karere Block. He lived first in a small hut, then later he erected a timber house and started clearing bushland. He and his family farmed cows and sheep. Monrad helped the New Zealand Company to find suitable settlers from Scandinavia and he helped many Danish immigrants to find land to settle on, most notably in the area of Dannevirke.

His work was disturbed by Māori rioters, who were Hauhaus under chief Titokowaru. Monrad buried his belongings and went with the family to Wellington and then went back to Denmark in 1869. His sons Viggo and Johannes later returned to Karere to become farmers.

Before leaving New Zealand he presented a precious collection of sketches and etchings by old European masters, e.g. Rembrandt, Rubens, Dürer and van Dyck, to the New Zealand Government. They are now part of the collection at the national museum of New Zealand - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and are occasionally on display there.

Monrad Intermediate is a Palmerston North intermediate school named after Ditlev Gothard Monrad.

Political offices
Preceded by
New office
Kultus Minister of Denmark
22 March 1848 15 November 1848
Succeeded by
Johan Nicolai Madvig
Preceded by
Carl Christian Hall
Kultus Minister of Denmark
6 May 1859 2 December 1859
Succeeded by
Vilhem August Borgen
Preceded by
Vilhem August Borgen
Kultus Minister of Denmark
24 February 1860 - 31 December 1863
Succeeded by
Christian Thorning Engelstoft
Preceded by
Johan Christian von Jessen
Interior Minister of Denmark
24 February 1860 15 September 1861
Succeeded by
Peter Martin Orla Lehmann
Preceded by
Carl Christian Hall
Council President of Denmark
31 December 1863 11 July 1864
Succeeded by
Christian Albrecht Bluhme
Preceded by
Carl Emil Fenger
Finance Minister of Denmark
31 December 1863 11 July 1864
Succeeded by
Christian Nathan David
Preceded by
Carl Christian Hall
Foreign Minister of Denmark
31 December 1863 8 January 1864
Succeeded by
George Quaade
Preceded by
Carl Christian Hall
Minister for Holstein and Lauenburg
31 December 1863 11 July 1864
Succeeded by
Christian Albrecht Bluhme

Literature

  • Johan Schioldann-Nielsen, The life of D.G. Monrad (1811-1887) : manic-depressive disorder and political leadership, Odense University Press, 1988. ISBN 87-7492-668-3.
  • G.C. Petersen, D.G. Monrad : Scholar, statesman, priest and New Zealand pioneer and his New Zealand descendants, Kerslake, Billens & Humphrey. 1965.

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