William Chippendale facts for kids
William Chippendale (born in the 1730s, died 1802) was a businessman from England. He lived and worked in Copenhagen, Denmark, from the late 1750s until the mid-1780s. His company bought and sold goods with the Danish West Indies, which were islands far away. He owned a famous building called the Andreas Bjørn House in Copenhagen starting in 1766. At this location, he also started a sugar factory called Union House. He did this with help from sugar plantation owners from St. Croix, one of the Danish West Indies islands.
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Early Life and Moving to Denmark
William Chippendale was born in England, probably in a place called Yorkshire, sometime in the 1730s. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in the late 1750s. When he first arrived, he bought a property in a part of Copenhagen called Christianshavn. He bought this house from a church leader named Hans Lemming.
Business Ventures in Copenhagen
After a while, William Chippendale sold his first house. He then bought a much larger and more important building. This was the Andreas Bjørn House located at Strandgade 46. His company mainly did business with the Danish West Indies. This meant they shipped goods back and forth between Denmark and these islands.
Partnerships and the Sugar Factory
William Chippendale got money to invest in his business from a rich plantation owner named Nicolas Tuite. In return, Nicolas Tuite's son, Robert Tuite, and his nephew, Charles August Selby, joined Chippendale's company.
In 1771, William Chippendale, along with Selby, Robert Tuite, and two other plantation owners from St. Croix, started a sugar factory. They built this factory, called Union House, on the property where the Andreas Bjørn House was located. A ship captain named Peter Ibsen Dahl made five trips to the Danish West Indies for Chippendale's company during the 1770s.
Changing Properties and Later Years
In 1777, William Chippendale sold his share of the Andreas Bjørn House and the sugar factory to Robert Tuite. He then bought a different property in a street called Gothersgade.
However, in 1779, Chippendale bought back the house and sugar factory at Strandgade from Robert Tuite. This time, he was in business with a new partner named John Duncan.
William Chippendale sold his house in Gothersgade in 1783. The next year, in 1784, he sold his share of the Strandgade property to John Duncan. It is believed that after this, William Chippendale returned to England.
