Peter Collett (judge), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian judge
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Place of Birth: Modum, Buskerud, Norway
About Peter Collett (judge)
- Peter Collett (8 August 1766 – 27 July 1836) was a Norwegian judge, businessman and property owner. Peter Collett was born at Modum in Buskerud, Norway.
- He was the eldest son of landowner Peter Collett (1740–1786) and his first wife Kirstine Holmboe (1745–1768).
- He was a brother of Christian Ancher Collett.
- He grew up on his father's estate at Buskerud Manor (Buskerud Hovedgård).
- From 1784-1785, Collett attended the Christiania Cathedral School.
- During 1788, he studied law at the University of Copenhagen.In August 1794 he married vicar's daughter Eilertine Severine Bendeke (1777–1857).
- They were the parents of eleven children.
- Peter Collett was the grandfather of Albert Collett and great-grandfather of Emil Collett.Peter Collett was an assessor in the diocesan court of Akershus from 1802 to 1814.
- He served as a judge on the bench of the Supreme Court of Norway from 1814 to 1830.
- In 1818, Collett was the delegate from Buskerud at the coronation of King Charles XIV John of Sweden.
- In 1800, he took over Buskerud Manor from his stepmother, Johanne Henrikke Ancher (1750-1818).
- In 1809, he bought Hassel Iron Works (Hassel Jernværk) at Skotselv in Øvre Eiker.
- Collett stopped iron production in 1835.
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