Christopher MacEvoy Jr.
Christopher MacEvoy Jr. (1760-1838) was a merchant and planter from the Danish West Indies where he owned Estate Whim, now a museum, on St. Croix. He later moved to Copenhagen where he established a trading house as well as a sugar refinery at Gammel Strand. He owned Bernstorff Palace in Charlottenlund from 1817 and the Dehn Mansion in Copenhagen from 1818.
Biography[]
MacEvoy was born on Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies, the son of Christopher MacEvoy Sr. and Mary Markoe (c. 1737-1776).
He inherited Estate Whim at Frederiksted (now a museum) on St. Croix and lived in England for a few years before settling in Copenhagen. He owned a property at Gammel Strand 29 (then Ved Stranden 4) where he also operated a sugar refinery in the courtyard. The buildings were destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 but subsequently rebuilt.
He purchased Bernstorff Palace in Charlottenlund north of Copenhagen in 1817. He died on the estate in 1949.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Folkene bag sukkerraffinaderiet "Union House" 1771-1811 på Christianshavn". idahaugsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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- 18th-century Danish businesspeople
- 19th-century Danish businesspeople
- Danish merchants
- Danish planters
- 18th-century Danish landowners
- 19th-century Danish landowners
- Danish sugar plantation owners
- Danish sugar industry businesspeople
- Danish slave traders
- People from the Danish West Indies
- Danish people of Irish descent
- 1760 births
- 1838 deaths