Jean du Quesne, the Younger

Jean du Quesne, the younger (1570-1612) was the son of Jean Du Quesne, the elder, a particularly well-documented Huguenot refugee from Flanders. Of noble extraction, Jean Du Quesne the elder escaped to England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I following the low country persecutions of protestants under the Duke of Alba, originally settling in Canterbury where served as an elder of the French Church. Jean Du Quesne the younger was the first English-born member of what later was known as the "Du Cane" family, which ultimately became a leading London family of trade, insurance and finance that was closely connected to the Bank of England and the East India Company.