Charles Dalbiac Explained

Charles Dalbiac (1726–1808)^[1] was an English Huguenot textile manufacturer. He was High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1784.^[2]

Life

He was son of James D'Albiac, a Huguenot refugee, and younger brother of James Dalbiac (born 1720).^[1]

In 1763 James and Charles Dalbiac occupied 20 Spital Square, in eastern London, as manufacturers of silk and velvet.^[3] Around 1764 Charles Dalbiac owned Durdans, a house, near Epsom, Surrey.^[4] It was rebuilt for him by William Newton, over the years 1764–1768.^[5]

Dalbiac by 1784 acquired Hungerford Park, from a Mr Waters.^[6] He had a new mansion built there, in the Italian style.^[7] He then sold it, in 1796, to John Willes.^[6]

Family

Dalbiac first married Suzanne de Visme.^[8] They had two daughters:^[1]

• Louisa, or Lucy, married Peter John Luard (father of John Luard).^[9]
• Susannah, or Susan.

By his second wife, Ann Le Bas, he had three children:^[1]

• Sir Charles Dalbiac (born 1776).^{[9] [10]}
• George.
• Harriet, married Sir James Pitcairn (1776–1859).^{[11] [12]}

Anne Dalbiac, his widow, died in 1819 at age 72.^{[13] [14]}

Notes and References

1. Book: David C. A. Agnew. Protestant Exiles from France in the Reign of Louis XIV, Or, the Huguenot Refugees and Their Descendants in Great Britain and Ireland. 1871. Reeves & Turner. 305.
2. Book: William Nelson Clarke. Parochial Topography of the Hundred of Wanting: With Other Miscellaneous Records Relating to the County of Berks. 1824. W. Barter. 55.
3. "The St. John and Tillard estate: Spital Square", in Survey of London: Volume 27, Spitalfields and Mile End New Town, ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1957), pp. 55–73. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol27/pp55-73 [accessed 5 June 2016].
4. Web site: The Durdans - Epsom - Surrey - England, British Listed Buildings. 29 June 2016.
5. Book: Howard Colvin. Howard Colvin. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. 1978. John Murray. 0-7195-3328-7. 592. registration.
6. Book: Daniel Lysons. Magna Britannia;: Bedfordshire. Berkshire. Buckinghamshire.-v.2.Cambridgeshire. The county palatine of Chester.-v.3.Cornwall.-v.4.Cumberland.-v.5.Derbyshire.-v.6.Devonshire. 1813. 296–.
7. Book: Daniel Paterson. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain. 1822. 554.
8. Book: Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 1998. The Society. 269.
9. Book: Sir Bernard Burke. Index to Burke's dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. 1853. Colburn and Company. 377.
10. Book: Comprehensive Dictionary of the World. Mittal Publications. 7. GGKEY:H4YS7FFZYAN.
11. Book: The Peerage, Baronetage, And Knightage, Of Great Britain And Ireland For ... Including All the Titled Classes. 1860. Whittaker And Company. 456.
12. Web site: Pitcairn, Sir James - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online. 29 June 2016.
13. Book: Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. 1819. E. Cave. 189.
14. Book: John S. Amery. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries. 1913. J. G. Commin. 384.