Laurent Chappuzeau was Royal clockmaker to the Elector of Hanover (Later King George I of Great Britain).
He was the eldest son of the author and playwright Samuel Chappuzeau, but his birth year is not known, though it was probably between 1652 and 1655.
Laurent moved to Hanover in 1689, with his second wife Anne Noël (or Nouel), and probably one child (Jacob Chappuzeau).
Not long after his father died, Laurent caused some controversy when he opened the "Electoral Café" in Hanover, opposite the castle.
He is probably the French Café owner, M Chapezeau, referred to in the book ″The life and journal of Jonathan Belcher, the first-known, American-born Freemason″.