Carl Hieronimus Gustmeyer (9 June 1701 – 28 December 1756) was a Danish merchant.

Early life and career

Gustmeyer was born in

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish language, Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German language, German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklen ...

, the son of Georg Gustmeyer. It is not known when he came to Denmark but he was granted

citizenship Citizenship is a membership and allegiance to a sovereign state. Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world, international law does not usually use the term ''citizenship'' to refer to nationalit ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

in 1740. His timber business grew to become one of the largest in the city and he was also active as a broker. He was highly respected by his peers and he was elected as auditor at

Kurantbanken The Kurantbanken (also known as the københavnske Assignationsbanken, Vekselbanken or Laanebankbanken) was a Danish-Norwegian private limited company set up in Copenhagen in 1736, when it received its royal ''oktroj'' or charter. This charter gave ...

and as first director of the Royal Iceland Company.

Personal life and legacy

Gustmeyer married Catharina Sprich (c. 1710–1773) on 3 October 1742 in St. Peter's Church in Copenhagen. She continued the trading house after his death in 1756.

Frederik Bargum Henning Frederik Bargum (1733–1813) was a Danish merchant and slave trader. The Yellow Mansion, his former home at Amaliegade 18 in Copenhagen, is now home to the Lord Chamberlain's Office. Early life Bargum was born in Copenhagen, the son of t ...

became a partner in the company after marrying their daughter. Bargum founded Det guineiske Kompagni in 1765 but had to flee the country in 1774. The trading house was then taken over by Gustmeyer's son, Frederik Ludolf Gustmeyer (1752–1804), who became a member of

Grosserer-Societetet The ('Wholesalers' Society') was a society for wholesale merchants in Copenhagen founded by law in 1742. After 1714, it was possible to acquire citizenship as a wholesaler in the city. was reorganized in 1817. In 1987 the association was replace ...

, a wholesaler organization. He owned the

Gustmeyer House The Gustmeyer House ( Danish: Gustmeyers Gård) is a historic property on Ved Stranden, opposite Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in 1797 to a Neoclassical design by Johan Martin Quist. The Nobel ...

Ved Stranden Ved Stranden ( lit. "At the Beach") is a canal side public space and street which runs along a short section of the Zealand side of Slotsholmen Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It begins at Holmens Kanal, opposite the Church of Holmen, and ...

14 where he kept a large household.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gustmeyer, Carl Hieronymus 18th-century Danish businesspeople Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire to Denmark–Norway 1701 births 1756 deaths People from Stralsund Merchants from Denmark–Norway