[1][2][3] He was born Christian Jensen Lintrup on 24 December 1703 in the village of Løgstør in Vesthimmerland, Denmark.
[4] He participated as a second assistant on the ship Cron Printz Christian on Danish Asiatic Company's first voyage to China in 1730.
[5] After completing his last voyage to China in 1742, he purchased the three estates Gjorslev, Søholm and Erikstrup.
He was known for treating the peasants on his estates well, introducing agricultural reforms and building schools for their children.
It was built at the corner of Bredgade and Sankt Annæ Plads to design by the leading architect Nicolai Eigtved and with the use of limestone from his estates on Stevns.