Bügel, Caspar Peter

Caspar Peter Bügel, born 4 March 1759 in Hamburg, died 1 september 1817 in Copenhagen. Buried in Skt. Petri Church (BioLek II)

Bügel was not actively involved in the social life of Copenhagen, and lived withdrawn from society. He was also conversant with the French emissary in Copenhagen, who called him "papa B" (BioLek II)

Family
Father: Carpenter Bügel, Nicolaus (?-1783) (BioLek II)

Mother: Anna Margarethe Rickertsen el. Richter (1721-1782) (BioLek II)

Marriage: to Catharina Maria Adzer, botn 29.10.1767 in Copenhagen (baptised at Skt. Petri), died 25.1.1845 in Roskilde. She was the daughter of Daniel Adzer (1732-1808) & Christiane F. Schäfer (1745-1833) (BioLek II)

Timeline
1783 (ab.) - Grosserer and awarded borgerskab. Founded the merchant house House of Bügel & Co. (BioLek II)

1798 - Owned six ships - one sailed to the Westindies, one to the East Indies, one to South America, two to the Mediterrenean and one to the Baltic Sea. (Nyerup: Kjøbenhavns Beskrivelse, p. 372)

1813 - Withdraws from all aspects of running the merchant house, and leaves it to his eldest son (BioLek II). This was also done by means of a fideickommis, i.e. a trust or entailed estate.

Property
See also the list of properties under House of Bügel & Co.. On 21 October 1794 he purchased the country estate Bonne Esperance north of Copenhagen near Charlottenlund (whose grounds had been considerably expanded by its previous owner, Conrad Hauser: Personalhistorisk tidsskrift, 1895, p. 13). In addition, Bügel also bought the so-called Knuthske hotel at Frederiksholms Kanal (today's number 16) which had a large garden towards the back of the property. Lastly, he purchased Ringsted kloster (the convent in Ringsted) in 1809 at the sum of 330,000 Rd (BioLek II).