John Samuel Martin Fonblanque

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John Samuel Martin Fonblanque (17604 January 1837) was a distinguished equity lawyer.

He was descended from a Huguenot family, his father having exchanged the surname Grenier for that of Fonblanque on his naturalization. John was the author of a standard legal work, a Treatise on Equity; he was Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Camelford and was one of the Whig friends of King George IV when Prince of Wales. He was the father of Albany Fonblanque.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Joseph Denison and
John Angerstein
Member of Parliament for Camelford
with Robert Adair

18021812
Succeeded by
Robert Adair and
The Viscount Maitland