Philip Fonnereau (17 June 1739 – 17 February 1797) was a

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merchant and banker, the eldest son of

Zachary Philip Fonnereau Zachary Philip Fonnereau (31 January 1706 – 15 August 1778) was a British businessman and politician. Early life Fonnereau was born in London on 31 January 1706, the fourth son of Claude Fonnereau of Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, a London me ...

. He belonged to a wealthy

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merchant family, and was a Director of the

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. Fonnereau served as a

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for the

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. He had at least two daughters: *Mary Anne Fonnereau (d. 1844) married George Woodford Thellusson (d. 1811), on 3 April 1791. *Elizabeth Margaret Fonnereau married

George Hibbert George Hibbert (13 January 1757 – 8 October 1837) was an English merchant, politician, slave-owner, ship-owner, amateur botanist and book collector. With Robert Milligan, he was also one of the principals of the West India Dock Company which ...

(1757-1837) on 30 August 1784.

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* 1739 births 1797 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1761–1768 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub