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, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General and Consul-General to Serbia.

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Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque, descended from a French

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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

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, West Indies and niece of Samuel Martin. Her brother was the poet

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. Thomas had two brothers, Albany Fonblanque, a celebrated journalist, and

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, legal writer and

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. Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque married Jane Catherine Barrington, of

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, daughter of Sir Jonah Barrington, a judge known for his popular and amusing memoirs. They had five children. Among them was Edward Barrington de Fonblanque (1821-1895), former

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military officer, writer and historian. Through his eldest daughter, Jane Catherine, who married Major Pennefather, de Fonblanque is the grandfather of Sir John Pennefather. Another of his daughter, Adelaide Arabella de Grenier de Fonblanque (1822-1856), married

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Otto von Schlippenbach, and died in Basedow,

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* Edward Barrington de Fonblanque (ed.): ''The life and labours of Albany Fonblanque'', R. Bentley and son London 1874, 546 s. {{DEFAULTSORT:Grenier de Fonblanque, Thomas de 1793 births 1861 deaths Diplomats from London 19th-century British diplomats 19th century in Serbia Huguenot families De Fonblanque family

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