On his return to London, he was appointed a London justice�an office then paid by fees; and his conduct in the riots of 1735 was so much approved, that he received the honour of knighthood. Samuel Basnage, son of Antoine, was a minister, like his father, and, like him, escaped, to Zutphen, succeeding him in his charge. Dibon: Henry De Dibon , a Huguenot landed proprietor in the Isle of France, was arrested in 1685 by order of Louis XIV., and thrown into prison and tortured. His grandson, Sir James Laroche, Bart., also sat for the same borough in 1768. His eldest son Elias, for many years collector of customs at Liverpool, was the father of Henry Bruce Arnaud, now a member of the English bar. Francis, son of a refugee at Leyden, where he studied,was appointed librarian to the Earl of Arundel, and held the office for thirty years. Le Fever : many refugees of this name settled in England. It is believed that the family originally came from the neighbourhood of Lille, where there are still many of the same name; and that they joined the Walloon colony, which in the first place settled at Sandtort in Yorkshire, but migrated from thence to Thorney Abbey during the wars of the Commonwealth. For notice of him, see p. 296. The ancestor of the English Arnauds was, when quite a child, smuggled out of France in a hamper, and brought across the English Channel in an open boat. He was appointed professor of theology at Cambridge, where he was presented with a doctor�s diploma. Evremond was not a Protestant, nor would he be a Catholic. Dombrain, D�embrun, D�ambrain : a Protestant Huguenot family of high extraction, the head of which, Jacques d�Embrun, fled from the town of Embrun, near Gap, in the Hautes-Alpes, in 1572. Like Jacques, he took refuge in Holland, and died there. It happened that in 1686, the year alter the Revocation, the eider brother fell dangerously ill, when the curate of the parish, forcing himself into his presence, importuned him to confess. He was associated in his patent with Henry Fourdrinir, the grandson of another French refugee.�. Several have been governors of the French Hospital. For further notice of Lord Ligonier, see p. 240. The councillor replied that he declined to confess to any but God, who alone could forgive sin. Coulan, Anthony : a refugee pastor from the Cevennes. Rouquet , N.: a painter in enamel, belonging to a French refugee family of Geneva, who spent the greater part of his life in England. His son was English master in the Belfast academy. All the principal family documents of importance were destroyed during the dragonnades of Louis XIV. Indeed, he seems to have been indifferent to religion. Le Sueur: the refugee sculptor who executed the fine bronze equestrian statue of Charles I. at Charing Cross. His son David was also a skilful surgeon. Découvrez le classement 2020 exclusif des 500 plus grandes fortunes professionnelles de France, établi par Challenges depuis 1996 She died without issue, and the widower next married a Mademoiselle Mestayer, also of French descent.�Beranger was a very clever, observant man. Grostete, Claude : a refugee pastor in London, minister of the French church in the Savoy. The present head of the family is Sir G. S. Brooke Pechell, Bart. But it pleased God that, immediately after his signing and sealing the declaration, he fell sick and died, while we were on our journey.� Guill arrived safely in London. John was born at Yeatenton in 1608. He settled as a teacher of music at Dublin, where he died. During that time he produced a large number of highly esteemed engravings. Daillon, James De : a member of the illustrious family of Du Lude. Buchlein , otherwise called Fagius : a contemporary of Martin Bucer, and, like him, a refugee at Cambridge University, where he held the professorship of Hebrew. Theophilus Brocas dying without issue, this noble family has become extinct in the male line, but survives, through the female line, in the person of Walter Lindesay, Esq., of Glenview, County Wicklow, J.P., who is its present representative. Misson travelled with him through Europe, and afterwards published several books of travels. It is from this branch that Mr. Plimsoll, M.P., the friend of the merchant seamen, is descended. They, believing him to be gone the nearest way to the sea-coast, pursued toward Ostend, and missed him. Demoivre, Abraham, F.R.S. Cramahe : a noble family of La Rochelle. General Vallencey was an eminent military engineer, who served England ably during the late continental war. William Wood�s fourth son was Charles Wood,�the discoverer of platinum. At the Revocation of the Edict, Rousseau first took refuge in Switzerland, from whence he proceeded to Holland, and afterwards to England, where he settled. The Rev. The eldest son of the family,Paul de la Touche, having conformed, retained possession of the estates, and also obtained those of his uncle, Digues de la Brosse, who had refused to conform, and fled to Amsterdam, where he settled. Courtauld : a family from the neighbourhood of Saintonge. The present representative of the family is John Beuzeville Byles, Esq., of Henley-on Thames. His two sons were officers in the English army. He eventually settled in King�s County. The son of this last became Bishop of Bangor, and afterwards of Chester. Charles served with the 28th Regiment in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, where he was captain, and brought the regiment out of action. William was made a baronet in 1711; and Jacob was created a peer, under the title of Viscount Folkestone, in 1747. At the close of the war, the regiment was disbanded in Dublin, where many of the officers settled, amongst others, Digues de la Touche. Another member of this family was Gabriel Cramer, of Geneva, the celebrated mathematician. For notice see p. 257. The first settler in England was Augustin, who came over at Revocation. He was joined by two other refugees, named Tysack and Tittory; and the three established glassworks which long continued to flourish. They were originally known as De Vallencey, or L�Estampes de Vallencey. He became captain of grenadiers in the regiment of Caillemotte- Ruvigny, and fought with it at the battle of the Boyne, where he received six severe wounds, which disabled him for life. His son, Dr. �Having a little money,� says his biographer, �he and another Huguenot established a silk, poplin, and cambric manufactory, articles which were produced in high perfection, and soon acquired celebrity. Massue, Henri De , Marquis de Ruvigny: for notice of, see p. 219; and his son Henry, Earl of Galway, pp. The Lefevres of Anjou were celebrated as chemists and physicians. He early entered the royal navy, and rose successively to the ranks of post-captain, vice-admiral, and admiral. He was adjutant-general of the British forces under Wolfe at Quebec. (…) La décision de United … lire plus From him is descended the present James Robinson Planche, the distinguished antiquarian and author. Bouveries, Laurence DES: refugee from Sainghen, near Lille, in 1568. The Rev. He appealed to the parliament of Rouen in 1671, and they confirmed the decision of the magistrates. While in that office, which he held for only a few years, he fell ill of fever, of which he died, but not without a suspicion of having been poisoned. Durand succeeded in raising in the Canton of Vaux the 2nd and 3rd Batallions of the Regiment of Loches, and the Dragoon Regiment of Baltasar. Jean-Louis Cramer held the rank of captain in the English army, and served with distinction in the Spanish campaign. A member of the family, Jacques Louis des Ormeaux, was elected a director of the French Hospital in 1798. An able preacher and writer; first settled in Berlin, which he left to accompany the Duke of Schomberg into England. Gerevaise, Louis: a large hosiery merchant at Paris, elder of the Protestant church there. He had doubtless returned to the faith of his fathers, for we find him bringing up his son as a minister of the Reformed Church. He was a successful merchant; and at his death, he left legacies to the Dutch congregations in London, Norwich, and Haarlem. In the year 1686, he was made a free burgess of the city of Amsterdam. De Pechel, after long imprisonment, was at length transported to the island of St. Domingo, from which he contrived to escape. He afterwards died at Belfast, on his way to join his regiment in Ireland. Two of them, captains of infantry, were killed at the Boyne. He also published several volumes of poetry and a tragedy, �Beauty in Distress.� Notwithstanding his success as an English author, he abandoned literature for commerce, and made a considerable fortune by a series of happy speculations. His son, probably by a second marriage, was born in England in 1707. “Kyril’s commitment, acumen and integrity convinced us to accept his proposal,” Donald said in a statement on Thursday. He was a learned man, and was appointed sub-librarian at Oxford, where he died in 1647. to the English army to which he was opposed. The youngster’s link to Sunderland appears to come through Uruguayan businessman and politician Juan Sartori, whose billionaire Russian father-in-law, Dmitry Rybolovlev, owns Marseilles rivals Monaco. He abandoned an estate and property in France of the value of 12,000 pounds. Margarita Louis-Dreyfus was formerly the majority shareholder at Marseilles. For notice see p. 253. Jansen, Theodore ,youngest son of the Baron de Heez. Majendie : Several refugees from Beam of this name fled into England at the Revocation. His son inherited much of his father�s genius. Abbadie, James, D.D. His son Daniel was the last pastor of the French church at Bideford, where he died in 1761. Escaping to Rouen, his family, with six others, De Cafour, Le Gyt, De Lasaux, Beaufort, Le Pine, and La Grande, crossed the Channel in an open boat on the 19th August, 1572, and settled at Canterbury. Gost, John: the son of Daniel Gost, a French Protestant refugee, settled in Dublin about 1684. After the assassination of the King, Marie de Medicis endeavoured to convert Mayerne from Protestantism; but he was firm, and consequently lost the patronage of the court. One of his sisters married one of the Callenders of Manchester. He died at Dublin, and was succeeded in the office by his son, a man eminent for his piety, and whose life has been fully written by Archdeacon Hamilton, of Armagh. One of them became pastor of the French church at Exeter. Dansays, Francis : a French refugee at Rye in Sussex. He left behind him a family of two sons and three daughters. Morell, Daniel ; born in a village in Champagne about the period of the Revocation; he lost his parents,supposed to have been murdered, at an early age. Ste. Rousseau, Samuel : an Orientalist scholar, the son of a French refugee settled in London. He was one of the founders of the Bank of Ireland, of which he was a governor, as was also his relative, the late Isaac M. D�Olier of Collegnes, Co. Dublin. Forestier , or Forester : there were several refugees of this name in England. He was one of the ministers of the great church at Charenton, near Paris. Rouquet, James : son of a French Protestant condemned to the galleys for life. © AFP, Louis-Dreyfus has watched the team recently. Several members of them succeeded in escaping into Holland, and afterwards proceeded to Ireland, settling in Lisburn. He was an alderman of Dublin, and carried on a large business as a linendraper. At the Revocation, the members of his family became dispersed. Their son Vincent, born in 1693, was educated for the church. It exemplifies the manner in which the French colony clung together,�though perhaps it is only a coincidence,�that by the marriage of the widow of the Rev. Le Sieur Papillon took refuge in England in 1685, but several members of the family had settled here before the Revocation. He laboured at his invention for seven years, during which he was assisted by his brother Sealy and John Gamble. Bosquet, Andrew : a refugee from Languedoc, who escaped into England after suffering fourteen years� slavery in the French King�s galleys. Romilly : for notice of this family see p. 327. La Pilloniere : a Jesuit converted to Protestantism, who took refuge in England about 1716. He was a highly distinguished divine, and for his valuable services in promoting the arts and manufactures of Ireland, he was presented with the freedom of the city of Dublin in a gold box, accompanied by a suitable address. Dupuy : a Protestant family of Languedoc. Finding it unsafe to remain in Paris, he set out for Amsterdam. At the massacre of Saint Bartholomew the family fled into concealment; and it was while hiding in a cavern that Isaac received from his father his first lesson in Greek. One of his sons was Dean of Guernsey. Dobree : the ancestor of this family fled to the island of Guernsey during the massacre of St. Bartholomew. De Lavalade : this family possessed large estates in Languedoc. Mercier, Philip : a portrait-painter, born at Berlin, of French refugee origin. On the revival of the persecutions in France, Samuel took refuge in England, was appointed minister of the French church in London in 1591, and afterwards of the Walloon church at Canterbury in 1595. He was the son of a French refugee from Rochelle, and is well known as a song writer and dramatic author. The only surviving daughter of Stephen Riou married Colonel Lyde Browne, of the 21st Fusileers, who was assassinated at Dublin on the night of the 23rd July, 1803, when hastening to the assistance of Lord Kilwarden, who was killed on the same night. For notice of his nieces, the Misses Raboteau, see p. 172. Sunderland currently lie down in seventh in the League One standings, with Louis-Dreyfus has been spotted in the stands in recent weeks. He then dropped down the St. Lawrence, to lie in wait for the French squadron; and on its making its appearance, he suddenly attacked, surprised, and captured the relieving ships. Kerk, David : a celebrated sea-captain, born in Dieppe, who took refuge in England about 1620 because of his religion, and entered the English naval service. Jean Louis was a celebrated general in the English service; he was created Lord Ligonier and Baron Inniskillin. But he was found so zealous a Royalist that he was forced to fly again into France, from which, however, he returned at the Restoration, and obtained a canonry at Canterbury, which he enjoyed until his death. Berniere, Jean Antoine DE: a refugee officer who served under the Earl of Galway in Spain. He was originally from Etampes, and fled to England after the massacre of Saint Bartholomew. The head of the family is Brownlow Villiers Layard, Esq., of Riversdale, near Dublin. He afterwards accompanied the army through all its campaigns in the Low Countries. He died at London in 1614, leaving behind him twenty sons and daughters, and a large number of works written during his lifetime, chiefly on classical and religious subjects. It appears from a manuscript account in the possession of his descendants, that Rene received remittances at various times (amounting to 5570 livres) from his relatives in France, who succeeded to the estates which he had renounced for the sake of his religion. Montoleu, De Saint Hippolite : Of this noble family, David came to England with the army of William III., under whom he also served in Flanders. That monarch was then raising Huguenot regiments abroad, to enable him to carry on his contest with James II. Palairet, Elie : descended from a refugee family settled at Rotterdam, from whence he passed over into England. Two other descendants of the family have been rear-admirals and occupied seats in the House of Commons. Vanderputt, Henry : born in Antwerp; he fled to England from the religious persecution in the Low Countries in 1568, and became a London merchant. Grotius was among his pupils. He returned to England, and at the Restoration was appointed accountant-general for Ireland. Alexander was colonel of the 4th Foot, and rose to be lieutenant-general. At his death, in 1679, the property was taken in charge by his wife�s father, who induced his daughter to put the children into the Convent of St. Lazare, Autun, under protection of the abbess. His son, Philip Amuret, went over to Ireland as a Protestant minister, and settled there. Delamotte, Joseph : born at Tournay, of Roman Catholic parents, about the middle of the sixteenth century, while the Low Countries were under the dominion of Spain. Being a Protestant, he was thrown into jail, and kept there until he consented to abjure, when he was set at liberty. Coetlogen : a Breton family who emigrated to England at the Revocation. Le Fanu : a Norman Protestant family. While the corpse was being let down into the grave, the mourning assembly sang the 79th psalm. He was the author of many able works. Onwhyn : see Unwin Ouvry, James: a refugee from the neighbourhood of Dieppe about the period of the Revocation. He originally settled at Lisburn, in Ireland, from which he afterwards removed to Waterford, and founded the family to which Justice Perrin of the Irish Bench belonged. Be was pastor of the church of New Patente in 1728; of the Artillery in 1728; and of the Savoy, and probably Spring Gardens, in 1741. Rocheblave, Henry De : pastor in succession of the French churches of Greenwich, Swallow Street, Hungerford, the Quarre, St. James�s, and, last of all, of Dublin, where he died in 1709. Solomon de Caus, the engineer, whose name is connected with the first invention of the steam-engine, spent several years as a refugee in England; after which he proceeded to Germany in 1613, and ultimately died in France, whither he returned in his old age. Charles James Durand, Captain of the Bengal Staff Corps, has favoured us with the above particulars. His descendants still flourish at Antrim, Belfast, and Dublin. Evremond.��[State Papers, Domestic, various, No. G. J. Majendie, son of the Bishop of Bangor, the Rev. Peter Auberton, vicar of Chepstead, Surrey, died in 1861, in his 86th year, leaving a numerous family. His son Robert founded a family at Deptford. His eldest son, Henry, studied for the ministry, and removed to England in 1709, when he was ordained by the Bishop of London.