Fonblanque Explained

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:^[1]

• 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 and Consul-General to Serbia.

Notes and References

1. R. G. Thorne, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1790–1820, Boydell & Brewer, 1986 The History of Parliament