Zachary Philip Fonnereau

Zachary Philip Fonnereau (London, 31 January 1706 – 15 August 1778) was a British businessman and politician, the fourth son of the merchant Claude Fonnereau.

A London merchant, he was of Huguenot extraction.^[1] He played a prominent role in financing the Seven Years' War.^[2]

By his marriage to Margaret Martyn, he left five children, the two elder of whom both entered Parliament for Aldeburgh:

Philip Fonnereau (1739–1797)
Martyn Fonnereau (1741–1817)
Charlotte Fonnereau (28 January 1742 – 15 November 1806)
Fanny Fonnereau (7 January 1744 – 10 January 1827), married George Stainforth, Jr. on 22 March 1777 at Cornhill, died without issue
Thomas Fonnereau (21 January 1746 – 26 December 1788), married Harriet Hanson on 19 October 1786 and left issue

References

^ Namier, L.B. (October 1927). "Brice Fisher, M. P.: A Mid-Eighteenth-Century Merchant and His Connexions". The English Historical Review 42 (168): 514–532. doi:10.1093/ehr/XLII.CLXVIII.514. JSTOR 552412.
^ Browning, Reed (June 1971). "The Duke of Newcastle and the Financing of the Seven Years' War". The Journal of Economic History 31 (2): 344–377. doi:10.1017/S0022050700090914. JSTOR 2117049.

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by William Conolly Richard Plumer	Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh with William Windham 1747–1761 Philip Fonnereau 1761–1768 Nicholas Linwood 1768–1773 Thomas Fonnereau 1773–1774 1747–1774	Succeeded by Thomas Fonnereau Richard Combe

Persondata
Name	Fonnereau, Zachary Philip
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	31 January 1706
Place of birth
Date of death	15 August 1778
Place of death