Charles August Selby

The Baron's oldest son, the politician and landowner, Charles Borre Selby, inherited the estate.

[1][2] Selby was born in London, the son of Thomas Selbye (1711-1787), the owner of Biddlestone, Northumberland.

He was educated by English Benedictine monks in Douai in Flanders, Selby came to Copenhagen in around 1770 and in 1771 became a partner in William Chippendale's firm which had interests in the Union House sugar refinery.

[4] Selby developed a profitable interest in West-Indian trade until 1795- Charles Selbye married Birgitte Kirstine Borre (1757-1809) on 26 November 1777.

[4] After his first wife died in 1809, he bought Orupgård on the island of Falster, redesigning the manor and developing farming there.

Orupgaard was built by Selby.
Orupgaard was built by Selby.