Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne, Sr.

Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne (27 September 1774 – 3 June 1835) was a Danish-Norwegian jurist who served as the first Attorney General of Norway from 1816 to 1820. He belonged to a Danish and Norwegian noble family. Personal life He was born in Denmark as the son of Otto Christopher von Munthe af Morgenstierne and his wife Christine Bodilla Birgitte de Flindt; his grandfather, supreme court justice Bredo von Munthe af Morgenstierne, had been ennobled in Denmark-Norway. In 1800 he married Cathrine Elisabeth Fries. They had ten children. His son Vilhelm Ludvig Herman became a County Governor, and Christian Fredrik Jacob was a jurist as well as chief of police in Christiania for some time. Through Vilhelm Ludvig Herman he was the grandfather of professor of law Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne and great-grandfather of Norwegian Ambassador to the United States of America, Wilhelm Thorlief von Munthe af Morgenstierne, Dean of the Diplomatic Corp in Washington, DC during World War II and his brother, indologist Georg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstierne. His daughter Augusta Julie Georgine married Prime Minister Frederik Stang. Career Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne took the cand.jur. degree in Copenhagen, and was hired as assessor in Copenhagen city court. In 1802 he was promoted to Supreme Court barrister. He left Denmark in 1804, and travelled around in Europe as a violinist. In 1806 he came to Norway, and originally settled in Moss. When the Gunboat War (1807–1814) broke out, he served in the Norwegian coastal defence, but in 1810 was hired as an attorney. In 1820 he was appointed district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) in Bamble, residing in nearby city Porsgrund.