Ulrich Wilhelm de Roepstorff

Ulrich Wilhelm de Roepstorff (12 July 1729 – 2 April 1821) was a Danish colonial administrator and landowner.

He owned a couple of ships that sailed in the Danish West Indies Trade as well as a sugar refinery in Odense.

In 1810, on the basis of his Funen estates, acquired after his return to Denmark, he was able to establish the County of Roepstorff.

[1] At Christian VII's ascent to the throne in 1766, governor-general Christian Lebrecht Prøck lost his support at court, and instead Peter Clausen was reappointed as governor-general, as the new king wanted a man who could more effectively collect the planters' debts to the state.

However, the fall of Struensee also led to the dismissal of Roepstorff in 1773, and for the third time Clausen took over the office as governor-general.

He got the Royal Porcelain Manufactory to start production of a series of punch bowls with the Battle of Copenhagen as a motif.