Peter Applebye
Peter Applebye (5 October 1709 - 13 August 1774) was a British-Danish industrialist. Applebys Plads in Copenhagen, the former site of his shipyard and ropewalk, is named after him.
Career
Appleby was born in Gosport, Hampshire, the son of John Applebye and his wife Susanne Applebye. At age 16, he was articled to a rope maker in royal service and worked there until 1733. In April 1737, he wascharged with rearranging the ropewalk at the Nyholm Navel Dockyards in Copenhagen according to English practice. In July that same year he was employed for life at the Royal Tope Walk. In 1739, he was granted permission to set up his own rope walk.[1]
In 1742, he acquired the right to reclaim an area at the southern end of Christianshavn. It was later expanded by royal gifts in 1745, 1748 and 1757. He established a dockyards as well as a sugar refinery on the land in 1869 and was also the owner of a sails and canvas factory in Odense. He also traded on the colonies with his own fleet of merchant ships.
Personal life
Applebye married Anna Pattridge on 9 August 1735. Thie son Peter Applebye Jr. and son-in-law John Brown squandered away his fortune soon after his death.
References
- ^ "Peter Applebye" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 10 October 2016.