Hugo Egmont Hørring

Hugo Egmont Hørring (17 August 1842 – 13 February 1909) was a Danish politician, a member of the Højre political party. He was Council President of Denmark from 1897 to 1900 as the leader of the Cabinet of Hørring.^[1]

Hugo Egmont Hørring
Council President of Denmark
In office 23 May 1897 – 27 April 1900
Monarch	Christian IX
Preceded by	Tage Reedtz-Thott
Succeeded by	Hannibal Sehested
Personal details
Born	(1842-08-17)17 August 1842 Copenhagen
Died	13 February 1909(1909-02-13) (aged 66) Copenhagen
Political party	Højre
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen

Biography

Hørring was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He became a student in 1860 at Borgerdydskolen in Christianshavn and received a cand.jur. degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1868. He held various positions in the Ministry of the Interior and in 1882 became director of the Royal Greenland Trading Department (Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel).^[2][3]

Hørring retired from government service in April 1900. He was a Grand Cross Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog and Dannebrogsman. Hørring died in Copenhagen during 1909 and was buried in Garrison Cemetery.