Paul Hansen Birch

Paul Hansen Birch

Paul Hansen Birch (20 July 1788 – 25 April 1863) was a Norwegian military officer.

He was born in Faaberg to Johan Gottfried Reichenwald and Mari Birch.[1]

He married Anna Catharina Hoffmand Stenersen (1791–1840), daughter of Bent Christian Stenersen and his wife Margrete Birgitte, née Aarøe. They had two sons.[1] The oldest son Christian Birch-Reichenwald became a notable politician. He married Jacobine Ida Sophie Motzfeldt, niece of Paul Hansen Birch's wife, and their son Peter Birch-Reichenwald became a notable politician too.

Paul Hansen Birch worked as a military officer, reaching the rank of general aide-de-camp for King Charles III John of Norway in 1821. He was an acting member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from July to October 1822.[2] He died in 1863 in Trondhjem.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Genealogy
  2. ↑ Paul Hansen Birch — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)


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