Martyn Fonnereau
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Martyn Fonnereau was the second son of Zachary Philip Fonnereau
, a British
merchant and banker of Huguenot
extraction.
He and his younger brother Thomas were named in the will of Jane (Poyntz) Malcher, which prompted the precedential case Fonnereau v. Poyntz in 1785.
Zachary Philip Fonnereau
Zachary Philip Fonnereau was a British businessman and politician, the fourth son of the merchant Claude Fonnereau.A London merchant, he was of Huguenot extraction...
, a British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
merchant and banker of Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
extraction.
He and his younger brother Thomas were named in the will of Jane (Poyntz) Malcher, which prompted the precedential case Fonnereau v. Poyntz in 1785.