Caspar Martin Schøller

Schøller was born on 16 August 1681, the son of Geheimeraad Caspar Schøller and Johanne Thune.^[1] His father was a Supreme Court justice and the owner of the estates Spanager and Lellinge, at Køge. His paternal grandfather was burgermaster of Køge.^[2] Spanager was sold when his father died in 1719, In the following year, his mother sold Lellinge to Anne Sophie Reventlow.^[3]

Schøller attended the Det ridderlige Akademi [da] (Knight's Academy) in Copenhagen. In 1704, he visited the Netherlands and France with Niels Benzon as his hofmester. On 30 August 1713, he was appointed as kammerjunker (court page). He was later promoted to kammerjunker. On 25 September 1719, he succeeded Christoffer Joachim Giese as county governor of Vordingborg County. On 30 January 1722, he was awarded the title of etatsråd. On 30 November 1631, he was awarded the title of jinferensråd. On 27 September 1748, he was dismissed from the post as county governor.^[1]