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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London Company

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

After 1620, when the London Company was dissolved by royal decree, and the commerce of Virginia made free, the planters were the only factor.

From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Gustavus, Myers

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 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

The rights in the islands, however, were subsequently sold to some of the members of the London Company, who obtained a charter in 1614 under the name of the Somers Island Company.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene