Holmsted, Frederik

Born 14.11.1683, died 12.6.1758

Family
Daugther: Holmsted, Mette

Timeline
1710 Married Fischer, Mette in Nykøbing Falster. (BioLek I)

1716: Granted royal priviledge to print cotton on Zealand, i.e. monopoly (BioLek I)

1720 Married Brinck, Martha (BioLek I)

1733: Director for the Westindian-Guinean Company. Was part of the plans and execution of purchasing St. Croix. Made Vice Mayor of Copenhagen (BioLek I)

1734: Mayor of Copenhagen (BioLek I)

1737: Justitsraad (BioLek I)

1738: Etatsraad (BioLek I)

1747: Director for the Almindelige Handelskompagni (BioLek I)

1754: The royal priviledge to print cotton was revoked or re-purchased by the king. This was following a complaint from Iselin, Reinhard who complained that the quality of the cottons printed at Holmsted's print workshop was too poor (Bruun, Kjøbenhavn) (Danske Tekstilerhverv I)

Allegedly, Holmsted was, as one of the only ones, against the general policy to invite foreign nationals to aid the manufacturing industries (BioLek III)