Frederik Christian Hals von Moth (1694 – 12 August 1746) was a Danish merchant, nobleman, colonial administrator and planter who served as Governor-General of St. Thomas and St. John in the Danish West Indies from April 1724 - May 1727 then again from 21 February 1736 - 13 April 1744.
His great aunt was Sophie Amalie Moth Countess of Samsøe, a royal mistress of King Christian V of Denmark.
Sophie Moth's son, Christian Gyldenløve became the founder of the Danneskiold-Samsøe family of high nobility.
He had several children on the island over the following 17 years, one of whom was Margarethe Gjertrud who married Lucas Uytendale de Bretton in 1750.
[2] Moth was named first Danish-Norwegian Governor of the Danish West India–Guinea Company on 12 November 1733.