Thomas Fonnereau

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Thomas Fonnereau (London, 27 October 169920 March 1779) was a British businessman and politician, the eldest son of the merchant Claude Fonnereau.

A London merchant, he was of Huguenot extraction.[1] Returned for Sudbury in 1741, he continued to sit for that constituency until 1768. several of those years in conjuction with Thomas Walpole, a business connection.[1] However, he retained interests in Suffolk and was a member of the Free British Fishery Society[2], and was MP for the constituency of Aldeburgh there at the end of his life.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Namier, L.B. (October 1927). "Brice Fisher, M. P.: A Mid-Eighteenth-Century Merchant and His Connexions". The English Historical Review 42: 514–532. Retrieved on 2003-09-23.
  2. ^ Harris, Bob (February 1996). ""American Idols": Empire, War and the Middling Ranks in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Britain". Past and Present: 111–141. Retrieved on 2006-09-23.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by:
Richard Price
Edward Stephenson
Member of Parliament for Member for Sudbury
with Carteret Leathes 1741–1747
Richard Rigby 1747–1754
Thomas Walpole 1754–1761
John Henniker 1761–1768

1741–1768
Succeeded by:
Patrick Blake
Walden Hanmer
Preceded by:
Zachary Philip Fonnereau
Nicholas Linwood
Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh
with Zachary Philip Fonnereau 1773–1774
Richard Combe 1774–1779

1773–1779
Succeeded by:
Richard Combe
Martyn Fonnereau