Otto Pogwisch
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Otto Pogwisch (c. 1610–9 February 1684) was a Danish government official who held a number of important offices during the reign of Christian V.
Pogwisch was the son of Hans Pogwisch til Damsbo and Karen Brockenhuus. He visited Sorø Academy in 1623. In 1640, he entered court service as page (hofjunker). During the Scanian War, in 1644-45, he served as fændrik in the Court Company Hofkompagniet).
Pogwisch served as general war commissioner (generalkrigskommisær) from 1661 to 1674 with responsibility for the financial administration of the military. He was from February 1669 also a member of the Gehejmeråd (government) and a Supreme Court justice. In 1674, he was vice president of the Danish chancellery and president (justitiarius) of the Supreme Court.[1]