London Company

American  

noun

1. a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.

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Example Sentences

The merchant princes who founded enterprises such as the London Company in the 17th century wanted to build bustling empires across the seas.

From Economist • Apr. 27, 2016

The London Company, together with the host of patriotic Englishmen who had placed such great hopes in the colony, were much disappointed at this unexpected turn of events.

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

Land had been the only wages of the London Company and he was not in Virginia to stake his claims.

From The Pocahontas-John Smith Story by Edmunds, Pocahontas Wight

The first effectual settlement made at Jamestown, Va., by the London Company.

From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Helper, Hinton Rowan

Thus the London Company, from the very outset, found itself face to face with a difficulty which it could never surmount.

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson