Career
He was granted the Thai noble title Phraya Chonlayutthayothin (Thai: พระยาชลยุทธโยธินทร์). He commanded Siamese gunboats in the Paknam Incident of July 13, 1893, that ended the Franco-Siamese War, and went on to become the first and only foreign-born commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Navy, from 16 January 1900 to 29 January 1901. He returned to Denmark in 1902, suffering from malaria.
He died at Kokkedal House in Hørsholm and is buried at Holmens Cemetery in Copenhagen. from Denmark.
