Claude Fonnereau
Claude Fonnereau | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Fonnereau, British School, c. 1725 | |
| Born | 22 March 1677 La Rochelle, France |
| Died | 5 April 1740 (aged 63) Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Bureau |
| Children | Thomas Fonnereau, Zachary Philip Fonnereau |
| Relatives | Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 1st Baronet (grandson) Philip Champion de Crespigny (grandson) Philip Fonnereau (grandson) Martyn Fonnereau (grandson) |
Claude Fonnereau (22 March 1677,[1] – 5 April 1740) was a French Huguenot refugee who settled in England and became a prominent merchant.[1][2] He was the founding father of the Fonnereau family in England.
Early life
Fonnereau was born on 22 March 1677 at La Rochelle.[1] He was the son of Zacharie Fonnereau and Marguerite Chataigner.[1]
Career
From 1738 to 1740, he was a Director of the Bank of England.
In 1735 he purchased Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich, Suffolk, from Price Devereux, 10th Viscount Hereford.[3]
Personal life
He married Elizabeth Bureau, also a Huguenot, the daughter of Anne Bureau, and had several children:[1][4]
- Thomas Fonnereau (1699–1779), a merchant and politician, who inherited his father's estates, including Christchurch Mansion.[5]
- Claudius "Claude" Fonnereau (1701–1785), a doctor who inherited Christchurch Mansion on his elder brother's death.
- Elizabeth Frances Fonnereau (b. 1702), who married Jacques "James" Benezet, also from a Huguenot family, who had settled in London.[6][4]
- Abel Fonnereau (1703–1753)[4]
- Anne Fonnereau (b. 1704), who married Philip Champion de Crespigny, proctor of the Admiralty court,[7] also from a Huguenot family, who had settled in Camberwell.[8]
- Zachary Philip Fonnereau (1706–1778), a merchant and politician who married Margaret Martyn.
- Peter Fonnereau (1709–1743)
- Marie Anne Fonnereau (b. 1711), who married John Martyn.
- Elizabeth Fonnereau (b. 1712), who married Mr. De Hauteville[4]
Fonnereau died on 5 April 1740 at Hoddesdon.
Descendants
Through his daughter Anne, he was a grandfather of Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 1st Baronet, and Philip Champion de Crespigny, MP for Sudbury and Aldeburgh.[8]
Through his son Zachary, he was a grandfather of Philip Fonnereau and Martyn Fonnereau (both MPs for Aldeburgh) and great-grandfather of author and artist Thomas George Fonnereau.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e Agnew, Rev. David C. A. (David Carnegie Andrew) (1886). Protestant Exiles from France, Chiefly in the Reign of Louis XIV: Or, The Huguenot Refugees and Their Descendants in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2. Edinburgh: Turnbull & Spears. p. 400.
- ^ Namier, L.B. (October 1927). "Brice Fisher, M. P.: A Mid-Eighteenth-Century Merchant and His Connexions". The English Historical Review. 42 (168): 514–532. doi:10.1093/ehr/XLII.CLXVIII.514. JSTOR 552412.
- ^ "History | Ipswich Borough Council".
- ^ a b c d Lart, Charles Edmund (1967). Huguenot Pedigrees. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-0207-2. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "FONNEREAU, Thomas (1699-1779), of Christ Church, Ipswich, Suff". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Benezet family papers 1729-1839". quod.lib.umich.edu. University of Michigan. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ Protestant Exiles from France/Volume 2 - Book Third - Chapter 20 - Fonnereau
- ^ a b "Champion de Crespigny family". www.southlondonguide.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ Browning, Reed (June 1971). "The Duke of Newcastle and the Financing of the Seven Years' War". The Journal of Economic History. 31 (2): 344–377. doi:10.1017/S0022050700090914. JSTOR 2117049. S2CID 154806047.