Hans Pedersson Paus
Hans Pedersson Paus (1721 – 1774) was a Norwegian lawyer and government official who served as governor and district judge—i.e. the region's foremost government official—of Upper Telemark from 1751 to 1774.
Biography
He belonged to the Paus family and was the son of his predecessor Peder Hansson Paus (1691–1759), and Cathrine Medea Maj Hermansdatter (died 1736) from Denmark. He was the grandson of Hans Povelsson Paus and the great-grandson of the well-known Danish-Norwegian topographer Arent Berntsen and the Danish priest Søren Nielsen May. Hans Paus' grandmother, Gundel May, was a first cousin of statesman Peder Griffenfeld, Denmark–Norway's de facto ruler in the 1670s.
He graduated with a law degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1745, became an assistant judge serving under his father Peder Paus in Upper Telemark, and then succeeded his father as governor and district judge on 19 February 1751. His jurisdiction included Fyresdal, Lårdal, Vinje, Seljord, Kviteseid, Nissedal, and Hjartdal, with the office based in Kviteseid. He was the fifth and last in the line of "one of the most prominent judge dynasties" in Norway; when he died in 1774, the district judge office had been in the family's possession continuously for 106 years.[1][2] In 1757, Hjartdal was transferred to Upper Telemark. Like his father, he was described as a diligent, considerate, and righteous district judge who distinguished himself with good and independent legal judgments that emphasized common sense and knowledge of human nature.[3]
Hans Paus was married to Andrea Jaspara Nissen (1725–1772) from Denmark, daughter of infantry captain Nicolai von Nissen and a descendant of the Danish war hero Jørgen Kaas. His father-in-law was the brother of the governor of St. Croix, Gregers Høeg Nissen.
References
- ^ Hans Eyvind Næss (1991), "Fra tingskriver til dommer," in Hans Eyvind Næss (ed.), For rett og rettferdighet i 400 år. Sorenskriverne i Norge 1591–1991, p. 40. Oslo: Justis- og politidepartementet.
- ^ Andreas Blom, Efterladte historiske optegnelser : særlig vedkommende Skien, Laardal og Kviteseid, 1904, pp. 55–57
- ^ Aanund Olsnes (1987). Kultursoga frå dei eldste tider til kring 1820 (pp. 675–676). Kviteseid bygdesoge, vol. 3
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members
- Sir Hans Olufsson (ca. 1500), cleric
- Sir Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder (1587), cleric
- Sir Peder Povelsson Paus (1590), cleric
- Sir Povel Hansson Paus (1620), cleric
- Sir Povel Pedersson Paus (1625), cleric
- Sir Hans Povelsson Paus (1656), cleric
- Cornelius Povelsson Paus (1662), judge
- Peder Hansson Paus (1691), judge
- Hans Pedersson Paus (1721), judge
branch
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- Cornelius Paus (1726), civil servant
- Hedevig Paus (1763)
- Ole Paus (1766), shipowner
- Henrik Johan Paus (1799), lawyer
- Christian Cornelius Paus (1800), governor
- Christopher Blom Paus (1810), shipowner
- Henrik Ibsen (1828), playwright
- Johan Altenborg Paus (1834), war commissioner
- Ole Paus (1846), industrialist
- Karl L. Paus (1856), industrialist
- Christopher Lintrup Paus CBE (1881), British diplomat
- Thorleif (von) Paus (1881), diplomat
- George Wegner Paus (1882), lawyer
- Hans Wangensten Paus (1891), engineer
- Robert Paus Platt OBE (1905), British diplomat
- Helvig (von) Paus (1909)
- Ole (von) Paus (1910), general
- Per Paus (1910), industrialist
- Thorleif Lintrup Paus (1912), diplomat
- Cecilie Paus (1943), shipping magnate
- Peder Paus (1945), businessman
- Ole Paus (1947), singer
- Pontine Paus (1973), shipping heir
- Olympia Paus (1976), shipping heir
- Marcus Paus (1979), composer
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- Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss (1839), theologian
- Henriette Pauss (1841), teacher
- Olav Pauss (1863), shipowner
- Nikolai Nissen Paus (1877), surgeon/humanitarian
- Augustin Paus (1881), industrialist
- Bernhard Paus (1910), surgeon/humanitarian
- Vilhelm Paus (1915), diplomat
- Brita Collett Paus (1917), humanitarian
- Nikolai Paus (1944), businessman
- Pauspur
- Paus collection (Paus Trajan)
- Herresta
- Kvesarum Castle
- Villa Paus
- Esviken
- Paus & Paus
- Ole Paus Company
- Wilh. Wilhelmsen