Meanwhile, in 1829 he became a chamberlain and in 1845 a Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, having won the favour of King Christian VIII as an evidently loyal government official opposed to separatist tendencies in Schleswig-Holstein.

Prince Frederick, the king's cousin, had been removed from his governorship of Schleswig-Holstein as an consequence of his active separatist involvement, and von Scheele was installed as regional head of government.

In July 1850 was invited by Prime Minister Fritz Tillisch to take on administration of a region of Schleswig-Holstein embracing Gottorp, Husum and Hütten, which at that time were occupied by Danish troops, but after careful consideration von Scheele rejected the offer.

[1] Despite his conservative anti-separatist record he was highly critical of the language reform proposals of Fritz Tillisch, calling for equal treatment of German and Danish in linguistically mixed districts.

For leading liberals such as A. F. Tscherning and C. C. Hall, von Scheele now emerged as a pivotal figure, combining well known conservative instincts with an element of pragmatism with regard to constitutional matters that was not on display from the government.

Bang was not a "natural politician" and Scheele himself frequently lacked the patience normally associated with successful negotiation, but to some extent he made up for that with his mastery of detail and persuasive personality in the Rigsdagen, and the constitution finally became effective on 2 October 1855.

[1] In February 1857 von Scheele caused a stir by sending a letter to various foreign governments in which he dismissed the ideas for a "Nordic union" (which were then being floated by the Swedes) as a completely impractical "poetic idyll" ("poetisk idé").

Oscar I, the Swedish king, was moved to withdraw his offer of a "defence union", which was in any case problematic because it would have excluded Holstein, which was subject to additional risks and pressures.