Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt (1 September 1733 – 23 November 1776) was a Danish noble and government official. He served as the County Governor of several counties in Norway and Denmark.[1] In 1772, he inherited the Barony of Wintersborg from his older brother and thus got the name Winterfeldt. For a time, he was the owner of the Gjedsergaard manor.[2]
Gustav Holck was born on 1 September 1733, the son of major-general Christian Christopher Holck (1698–1774) and friherreinde Ermegaard Sophie Winterfeldt (1702–56).[3]
In 1759. Holck entered court service as court page (kammerjunker) for ccrown princ Christian (VI). 1766 saw him promoted to chamberlain and overskænk. In 1767, he became a member of the General Agricultural Commission (generallandvæsenskommissionen). In 1768, he was appointed a financial councillo ( deputeret for finanserne) and member of the Tax Directorate (overskattedirektionen).[3]
During Struense's de facto rule of Denmark (1770-1772), he was removed from the central administration. In 1772, he was instead appointed county governor of Åbenrå and Løgumkloster counties. In 1773, he was sent to Norway as diocesan governor of Akershus.[3]
In 1767, Holck bought hovedgård from the crown (sold in 1772). In 1769, he succeeded his elder brother Henning Holck-Winterfeldt to the Varony of Vintersborg and assumed the compund name Holck-Einterfeldt. He was a supporter of the great agricultural reforms of the time and a popular landlordamong the farmers on his land.[3]
On 28 March 1760 in Christiansborg Chapel, Holck married to Frederikke Elisabeth von der Lühe (1735-1762=- Sje was a daughter of Adolph Andreas von der Lühe til Svanholm (1695–1750) and Frederikke Louise Weyse (1710–91).
After the death of his first wife, on 18 March 1763 in Christiansborg Chapel, he married secondly to Sophie Louisem countess Ahlefeldt (1735-1793). She was a daughter of Adam Christopher Ahlefeldt til Eskilsmark (1703–78) and Margarethe Sophie v. Holstein (1710–77). – Bror til Conrad Holck.
He died on 23 November 1776 at Sæbyholm- He is buried at Halsted Church.
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