Herman Lengerken (de) Kløcker (18 June 1706 – 4 December 1765) was a Danish merchant, landowner and vice mayor of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

. He owned the

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estate west of Copenhagen.

Early life and education

Kløcker was born on 18 June 1706, the son of Abraham Kløcker. After 2 years of training for the trade in Germany, Netherlands, England and France, he came home in 1728.

Career

In 1730, he acquired citizenship in Copenhagen as a wholesaler; In 1734 he became a bank commissioner and curator at Waisenhuset. In 1741, he became a Supreme Court justice, In 1750, he became deputy mayor of Copenhagen. In 1761, he became director of the Poor Authority, In 1762, he became a committee member of the Missopnskollegiet.

Property and titles

Kløcker's city home was the Kløcker House on

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. In 1741 he bought

, which he set up as a ''stamhus'', which was however disposed of by his widow. as well as the country house Kløckers Gård in

Gentofte Gentofte () is a district of Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Major landmarks include Gentofte Town Hall, Gentofte Hospital and Gentofte Church. Gentofte Lake with surrounding parkland and nature reserves form ...

. In 1757 he and his nephews were recognized by the German emperor as belonging to the German noble family Klöcker, probably incorrectly so, and in 1760 they were naturalized as Danish nobility. He died on 4 December 1765. He also acquired the country house Kløckers Gård in

. In 1734, he was awarded the title of ''justitsråd'' (Councillor of Justice). In 1749, he became an ''

etatsråd was a Danish and Norwegian title, which was conferred by the king until 1909 and entailed a third-class rank in the order of precedence, and thus the right to enroll one's daughters in Gisselfeld Convent and Vemmetofte Convent. It was awarded to ...

'' (Councillor of State).

Personal life

On 28. May 1732, he was married to Mette Christine Wrisberg (1814–1757), Their daughter Elisabeth Christiane von Kløcker was married to Henrik Stampe. After the death of his first wife, Kløcker married on 17 March 1762 Caroline Hoppe. She was a daughter of admiral Frederik Hoppe. They had two children. The daughter Marie Elisabeth von Klocker (1765–1804) was married to commander Henrik Hendrich de Güntelberg (1739–1817).

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