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Fonblanque
Fonblanque and de Fonblanque are Huguenot names. They may refer to nine members of a prominent English family, descending from Jean de Grenier de Fonblanque, a banker, naturalised as Jean de Grenier Fonblanque:R. G. Thorne, ''The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1790–1820'', Boydell & Brewer, 1986 ''The History of Parliament'' *Albany Fonblanque (1793–1872), English historian; *Edward Barrington de Fonblanque (1821–1895), English historian; *Edward Barrington de Fonblanque (British Army officer) (1895–1981), British Army officer; *Florence Gertrude de Fonblanque (1864–1949), British suffragist; *John Anthony Fonblanque (1759–1837), politician; *John Samuel Martin Fonblanque (1787–1865), Commissioner of Bankruptcy; *Philip de Fonblanque (1885–1940), British Army officer; *Sir John Pennefather, 1st Baronet (1856–1933), full name John de Fonblanque Pennefather; * Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque (1793–1861), diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωΠ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip De Fonblanque
Major-General Philip de Fonblanque (16 November 1885 – 2 July 1940) was a senior British officer, who at the start of the Second World War, organised the logistics for the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium. Already a sick man, the result of his exertions was that he died shortly after his evacuation from France in June 1940. Early life Philip de Fonblanque was born in 1885 in British India, the elder son of Lester Ramsay de Fonblanque, Vicomte de Fonblanque whose father was Edward Barrington de Fonblanque, a writer and traveller descended from a Huguenot family, and Constance Lucy, the daughter of Colonel Hon. Robert Dundas Kerr, and great-granddaughter of William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian. His younger brother, Edward Barrington de Fonblanque (1895-1981), also rose to become a major-general. He entered Rugby School in May 1899 at the age of 13 and left in 1902. From there, he became a cadet at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich for a year and was comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Gertrude De Fonblanque
Florence Gertrude de Fonblanque born Florence Gertrude Sparagnapane (22 July 1864 – 2 January 1949) was a British suffragist. She was the "Originator and leader of the women's suffrage march from Edinburgh to London 1912". Life Fonblanque was born in London to a family who owned the Sparagnapane Christmas cracker and confectionery business. Her mother was Aurelia Williams and her father was Gaudente Sparagnapane. She was taught in Brussels and at Brighton and like her elder sister, Maud Arncliffe Sennett, she became an actress. She married a fellow actor, Robert Edgar de Grenier de Fonblanque, when she claimed to be 21 but she was actually 26. Her husband bore the titles "marquis of Juliers", "count of Hauteserre", and "count of Fonblanque". However, despite his family descending from a noble French family, these were false titles of nobility, first mistakenly mentioned by Edward Barrington de Fonblanque in a 1874 book. Like her sister she took an interest in women's suffrage. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany Fonblanque
Albany William Fonblanque (1793 – 13 October 1872) was an English journalist, and by his own example a reformer of the journalist's profession. Family Fonblanque, descended from a French Huguenot family was born in London. His grandfather, John de Grenier Fonblanque, had been a banker naturalised in England under the name Fonblanque; his son, John Anthony Fonblanque, was Albany's father. Albany's mother, Frances Caroline Fitzgerald, was a granddaughter of Colonel Samuel Martin of Antigua, West Indies and niece of Samuel Martin. Her brother was the poet William Thomas Fitzgerald. Albany Fonblanque married Caroline Keane. They had a daughter and three sons. Education Fonblanque was sent to Tonbridge School and then to the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, to prepare for a career in the Royal Engineers. However, his health fell short and his studies were suspended. On his recovery he studied law, with a view to being called to the bar. At the age of 19 (in 1812), he began writing for new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Barrington De Fonblanque (British Army Officer)
Major General Edward Barrington de Fonblanque (29 May 1895 – 17 September 1981) was a British Army officer of the First World War and Second World War, and later served as '' aide-de-camp'' to King George VI. Family and early life De Fonblanque was the son of Lester Ramsey de Fonblanque, and Constance Lucy (''née'' Kerr), his paternal great-great-grandfather was the politician John Anthony Fonblanque and his grandfather the historian Edward Barrington de Fonblanque. He was also descended from Sir Jonah Barrington. His elder brother, Philip de Fonblanque (1885–1940), was also an officer in the British Army. Edward was educated at Rugby School. Career In 1914, he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery and served throughout the First World War. From 1921 to 1925 he was an instructor at the Army School of Equitation at Weedon, and from 1923 to 1931 he was captain of the Royal Horse Artillery. He competed in two events at the 1924 Summer Olympics. From 1934 to 1938, de Fon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Anthony Fonblanque
John Anthony Fonblanque (12 June 1759 – 4 January 1837) was an English politician and barrister. Early life and name Born John Anthony Fonblanque, he was the son of Jean de Grenier de Fonblanque, a banker, naturalised as Jean Fonblanque, He was educated at Harrow School and Oxford. In 1828, late in life, he changed his surname by royal licence to de Grenier Fonblanque. He was descended from a Huguenot family, his father having exchanged the surname de Grenier de Fonblanque for that of Fonblanque on his naturalisation in England. Career He was commissioned as a Ensign in the Berkshire Militia in 1780. The regiment was disembodied in March 1783.Thoyts, pp. 115, 120, 278. Called to the bar at the Middle Temple, 24 January 1783, Fonblanque distinguished himself in 1791 as leading counsel at the bar of the House of Commons on behalf of the merchants of London in opposition to the Quebec bill. Fonblanque was the author of the very extensive notes forming the useful body of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Barrington De Fonblanque
Edward Barrington de Fonblanque (18 January 1821 – 14 June 1895) was a British historian of English, Irish and Huguenot stock. Family Edward was born in Calais to Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General and Consul-General to Serbia, and Jane Catherine Barrington of Dublin. Through his grandfather, John Anthony Fonblanque, Edward was descended from a Huguenot family. His great-grandfather shortened his surname, de Grenier de Fonblanque, on his naturalisation in England, though some of his descendants later added it back. Edward's uncles were Albany Fonblanque and John Samuel Martin Fonblanque. His maternal grandfather was Sir Jonah Barrington, a judge known for his popular and amusing memoirs. Edward was said to have inherited his humour and wit. Career De Fonblanque was educated in Bonn, Germany and had excellent language skills. In 1854, during the Crimean War, he served as the Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General for the Royal Army S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas De Grenier De Fonblanque
Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque, , (26 January 1793 – 1861) – diplomat, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General and Consul-General to Serbia. Family Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque, descended from a French Huguenot family. He was born in London. His grandfather, John de Grenier Fonblanque, had been a banker naturalised in England under the name Fonblanque; his son, John Anthony Fonblanque, was Thomas's father. Thomas's mother, Frances Caroline Fitzgerald, was a granddaughter of Colonel Samuel Martin of Antigua, West Indies and niece of Samuel Martin. Her brother was the poet William Thomas Fitzgerald. Thomas had two brothers, Albany Fonblanque, a celebrated journalist, and John Samuel Martin Fonblanque, legal writer and Commissioner of Bankruptcy. Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque married Jane Catherine Barrington, of Dublin, daughter of Sir Jonah Barrington, a judge known for his popular and amusing memoirs. They had five children. Among them was Edward Barrington de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Samuel Martin Fonblanque
John Samuel Martin Fonblanque (March 1787 – 3 November 1865) was an English legal writer and Commissioner of Bankruptcy (England and Wales), Commissioner of Bankruptcy. Biography Early life The eldest son of barrister John Anthony Fonblanque, K.C. and Member of Parliament#United Kingdom, MP, born in Brook Street, London in March 1787, Fonblanque was educated privately at Putney under Mr Applebee. He spent nine months at Charterhouse School, Charterhouse under Dr Raine, and received private tuition at Epsom for two years under Mr Boucher. He was admitted as "pensioner" at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, aged 17, on 28 August 1804. He was on the list of scholars from Michaelmas 1804 to Lady Day 1809, and was third in the classical and mathematical examinations, 1805. Fonblanque was one of the founders of the Cambridge Union Society. War service In 1810 Fonblanque left Cambridge due to ill-health, a burst blood-vessel on the lungs, and entered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Pennefather, 1st Baronet
Sir John de Fonblanque Pennefather, 1st Baronet, Justice of the Peace, JP (29 March 1856 – 8 August 1933), was a British cotton merchant and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Pennefather was born at Perth, Western Australia, the son of Kingsmill Pennefather by his second wife Jane Catherine Patricia de Grenier de Fonblanque, eldest daughter of Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque, British Consul-General and chargé d'affaires in Serbia and Joan Catherine Barrington, and granddaughter of Jonah Barrington (judge), Sir Jonah Barrington. He was returned to Parliament for Kirkdale (UK Parliament constituency), Kirkdale division of Liverpool at a 1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election, by-election in February 1915, and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons at the 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 general election. In 1923 he adopted the first name of John, and in 1924 he was created a Baronet, of Golden, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huguenot
The Huguenots ( , also , ) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Bezanson Hugues (1491–1532?), was in common use by the mid-16th century. ''Huguenot'' was frequently used in reference to those of the Reformed Church of France from the time of the Protestant Reformation. By contrast, the Protestant populations of eastern France, in Alsace, Moselle, and Montbéliard, were mainly Lutherans. In his ''Encyclopedia of Protestantism'', Hans Hillerbrand wrote that on the eve of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572, the Huguenot community made up as much as 10% of the French population. By 1600, it had declined to 7–8%, and was reduced further late in the century after the return of persecution under Louis XIV, who instituted the '' dragonnades'' to forcibly convert Protestants, and then finally revoke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplomat
A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organizations. The main functions of diplomats are: representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state; initiation and facilitation of strategic agreements; treaties and conventions; promotion of information; trade and commerce; technology; and friendly relations. Seasoned diplomats of international repute are used in international organizations (for example, the United Nations, the world's largest diplomatic forum) as well as multinational companies for their experience in management and negotiating skills. Diplomats are members of foreign services and diplomatic corps of various nations of the world. The sending state is required to get the consent of the receiving state for a person proposed to serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
