Protestant Exiles from France/Volume 2 - Book Third - Chapter 30

by David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

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Chapter XXX.

THE FRENCH PROTESTANT HOSPITAL OF LONDON.

Monsieur Jacques de Gastigny was a Huguenot military refugee in Holland, and Master of the Buck Hounds to the Prince of Orange. He attended the king in his campaigns, and took part in the battle of the Boyne. In that campaign, Dumont de Bostaquet, desiring a favour from the king, entrusted his petition to “Monsieur de Gatigny, son Grand Veneur.” He appears in the Patent Rolls as James Gastigny, Esq., receiving an English pension of £500 per annum, dating from 27th Feb. 1700. He died in 1708. He is worthy of all honour as the founder of the French Hospital of London. A perusal of his Will shews how much the Hospital scheme owes to the many wise councillors who followed up his idea. The following is the Will:—

“In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, I underwritten, James Gastigny, being sound in body and mind, and considering the certainty of death and the unctrtaimy of the hour thereof, have made here my testament and declaration of my last will. Firs^t, I render thanks to God, with all my heart, that through his mercy he has called me to the knowledge of the truth of his holy gospel, having given me to make a public and constant profession, and that he hath led me during all the course of my life, having preserved me from many dangers wherein I have been exposed. I beseech him that he will extend more and more his mercy upon me, forgiving me all my sins through Jesus Christ, and doing me the grace to end my life in his fear and in his love, and to die in his grace, to be received in his eternal glory. When it shall please God to take me out of this world, I order that my body be interred in the nearest churchyard where I shall die, desiring that my burial shall not cost above £20. As to the goods which God hath given me, and of what shall be found at the time of my death to belong unto me, I dispose thereof as followeth:—

“First, I give £500 to the Pest-house, for to build there some apartments, there to lodge some poor, infirm or sick French Protestants above the age of fifty years, and the woman or maiden the same. My will is that there should be lodgings for twelve poor at least. Moreover, I give the fund of £500 which shall be placed to get thereout the annual revenue, which revenue shall be employed to furnish beds, linen, and clothes, and other necessities of the said poor French Protestants who shall be in the said place; and the said two £500, making in all £1000, shall be put in the hands of the committee settled for the distribution of the Queen’s charity and of the nation, which French Committee shall employ the said sums as it is here above mentioned, and shall give an account thereof to the Messieurs the English Commissaries who are, or shall be, settled to receive the other accounts of the said French Committee. And the Executor of this my testament shall take care that the whole be executed according to my intention, as I will explain it. I give to the two houses of charity, each £100; to that of Westminster the £,100 to Madame Temple, who takes care of the kitchen, and the other £100 shall be given to Mr Reneu, father in-law of Mr Dutry, who takes care thereof. Moreover, I give to the French Committee, to distribute to the poor of the nation, two hundred pieces or pounds sterling.

“Moreover, I give to Messieurs Mesnard £120, which they shall share between them by half; to Mrs Gilbert, £30; to Mrs Assere, sister of Mr De Marmande, £100; to Mrs de Hogerie, £100, and to Madame, his sister, who is at the Hague, lodged at Mr Dumare’s, £100; to Mrs de Hogerie, cousin of the above, lodged at Mrs Dangeon at the Hague, £100; to Mrs Treufont, whose name is now Pousse, being married, £30; to Mr de Gachon, my friend, £200, to help his nieces and his cousins, to maintain them or to distribute unto them as he shall think good; to Mr de Richosse, £100, for the friendship which he always showed me, being Master of the Horse of the deceased king, my master. I give to Caesar, my valet-de-chambre, to Susanna, and to his little daughter, £200, and all my clothes and all my shirts and other small linen, and the three silver mugs and six spoons and six forks, which are in the ancient mode; to my coachman, whose name is John, £30; to Hesperance, £20, his wages and those of the others being paid the first of the year. I desire that all my servants be clothed in mourning who are here above named, and Kate and her daughter.

“I name for executor and administrator of this my present testament Philippe Mesnard, minister of the Word of God, whom I desire that he will execute it punctually, and I do declare that this is my last will, and that no other testament which I might hereafter make shall have any force or virtue unless it be found that it begins with these words, ‘Our days do pass as a shadow,’ declaring that every testament which I might heretofore have made shall be null and of no force unless it begins with the above said words. Willing that this shall have its full and whole effect, therefore I have signed and sealed this present writing in presence of the witnesses who have signed with me at London. Besides the dispositions here above contained, I give to the Society settled in England for the Propagation of the Holy Gospel the sum of £100, for to be employed by the said society to such pious uses as they shall think good, according to their institution. I give to Jacob, son of Hesperance’s wife, who was named for me in baptism, £50. Moreover, I pray Mr Philip Mesnard that he will cause [to be distributed] £200, which I give for twenty ministers who may have need of it, at the choice of the said Mr Mesnard, executor of my will. Moreover, I bequeath and give to Mr Philip Mesnard all the goods which may belong unto me after the payments here above mentioned of my last will. — Done at London, the tenth August 1708.

“James De Gastigny.⁠

“Witnesses — F. Mariette. Paul Dufour.
“Proved by the Executor, Philip Mesnard, at London, 1st Dec. 1708.

The French Hospital is a home for aged persons in poor or reduced circumstances, who can prove their descent from the French Protestant Refugees. The credit of the beneficent project (as already stated) was due to Gastigny. He bequeathed £500 for building, and another £500 as a capital fund for maintaining, an Hospital (or Hospice) for the use of French Protestants, Refugees for religion’s sake into Great Britain. The distributors of the Royal Bounty received this total sum of £1000, and allowed it to lie at compound interest for eight years. In 1716, the amount of accumulated funds having been announced, a subscription was cheerfully and rapidly made, the contributors to which were the principal families among the refugees, and the prosperous French merchants of London, and also several English people. The provisional managers were thus enabled to buy a piece of ground in Old Street, St. Luke’s, from the Ironmonger’s Company of London; and a building was erected “for the reception for eighty poor persons.”

The king was solicited to erect the managers into a Corporation, which was granted. The Royal Charter was dated 24th July 1718,^[1] and is from George the First, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland (a better King of France practically, at least to the refugees, than their native king). The first Governor of “the Hospital for poor French Protestants and their descendants in Great Britain” was named in the charter, “our right trusty and right well beloved cousin” Henry De Massue, Marquis De Ruvigny, Earl of Galway; also the first Deputy-Governor, Mr. James Baudoin or Boudoin, and thirty-seven Directors. The number of Directors was to be unlimited; the first treasurer was Mr. Louis Des Clouseaux, and the first secretary, the Rev. Philippe Menard. The latter preached a sermon at the opening of the Hospital on the 12th November 1718 before “a great concourse of French refugees.” The charter empowered the Directors to appoint a Minister to perform Divine Service in the Hospital after the rites of the Church of Fngland.

There is printed among the “By-laws” a special prayer to be used at the “Courts” (or Meetings) of Directors. It is the following:—

“Dieu tout-puissant et Père misericordieux, qui es le Consolateur des affligés, le Nourricier des pauvres et le Salut de ceux qui mettent leur confiance en toi, regarde en tes compassions infinis tous ceux qui se trouvent dans l’affliction, dans la calamité et dans la misère, et particulièrement ceux qui ont été reduits pour la cause de ton saint Evangile. Fais que l’épreuve de leur foi leur tourne à honneur et à gloire quand Jésus-Christ sera révélé, et pourvois à leurs besoins selon les richesses de ta miséricorde. Et puisque tu nous fais la grace de nous appeler à donner nous soins au soulagement de nos frères qui sont parmi nous dans l’ indigence, accorde-nous celle de nos acquitter fidèlement de ce devoir. Benis cette maison que ta Providence a preparée pour nos affligés; fais-leur y trouver les secours et les consolations qui leur sont nécessaires, et benis notre administration, la faisant réussir à ta gloire, au bien de tes pauvres et à notre salut éternal par Jésus-Christ notre Seigneur, Amen.”

The Providence of God is acknowledged in this prayer. The seal of the Hospital has the motto, “Dominus Providebit” [the Lord will provide], and the device engraved upon the seal is “Elijah fed by the ravens in the wilderness;” this is also stamped on the plates and dishes. The appropriateness of this tribute of recognition seems to have been felt from the first. One of the old French Church registers in naming the Hospital says that it was commonly called La Providence. And Professor Weiss concludes his account of the Refugees in Britain by saying as to their descendants in Spitalfields, “Ils invoquent fréquemment le droit de finir leurs jours à l’ hôpital Francais qu’ils appellent leur Providence.”

The institution flourished. Munificent donations and legacies swelled its funds, some of which I had opportunities to record in my Biographies. In 1736 additional ground contiguous to the hospital was purchased, and the area of the entire property was 4½ acres, which was tastefully laid out. “On April 18, 1753, a sermon was preached in the chapel of the French Hospital in Old Street Road for the benefit of that charity, wherein 225 poor persons were maintained, when the audience was very numerous, and the collection amounted to upwards of £1250.”^[2] The year 1760 is the year when prosperity had reached its greatest height. Additions had been made to the buildings at an early period, and for a number of years before that date, two hundred inmates at one time could be and were accommodated. But since that date the numbers have greatly fallen off. At the present time there are twenty men and forty women. There are some permanent benefactions administered by the Directors. Mr. Stephen Mounier left a Bequest by which boys are apprenticed to trades (one boy every half-year). Madame Esther Coqueau provided a fund for poor widows or maidens of the age of fifty years and upwards; there are ten recipients of monthly allowances of ten shillings each, for life. The gradual extinction of old families, and the drying up of sources of revenue, compelled the Directors, in 1808, under a private Act of Parliament, to let the great mass of their land in building leases, and thus there sprang up Gastigny Place, Galway Street, and Radnor Street.

An article in “Household Words” (vol. viii., 1853), contained the following allusions:— “The hospital has lost much of its distinctive national character. Sixty years ago a visitor might have heard the inmates chattering away in antiquated French. They speak English now, probably some of them do not know a word of French, because the majority of their ancestors in four generations had been English. As a little amusing mark of deference to the land of their founders, I may mention that a Mrs. Stephen (who was admitted after 1820) became Madame St. Etienne as soon as she entered the French Hospital.”

Amidst the decline of enthusiasm outside, the earnestness of the Directors has been unabated. In the preface to their book they say:— “The Directors contemplate with the same interest as heretofore the descendants of those respectable families who suffered so much religious persecution. A charge of great value is entrusted to them; it is endeared to them by the memory of their fathers; and their earnest desire is to preserve this monument to the benevolent foresight of their predecessors. They are sensible that at present the descendants of the refugees have a right, by birth, to the national hospitals and the assistance of their respective parishes; but it is a fact presented to their daily observation, that the poor of this particular class are more happy, have more confidence and comfort in a charitable establishment, founded for their peculiar benefit, under a body of Directors connected with them by common ties, in a society in which they find the same habits and the same remembrances, and in the frequent recurrence of religious aid, so particularly suited to their age and circumstances. On these grounds the Directors of this Hospital are anxious to maintain it as a Monument of the piety of their ancestors.”

Since 1865 much of the beauty and magnificence, which the mind associates with a monument, has been secured. I allude to the new hospital in the neighbourhood of Victoria Park. Not that the old venerable building was destitute of charms. In Bath Street the dusty smoke-breathing visitor knocked at the gateway, over which the name given to the Hospital by his Majesty George I. was inscribed. When the door was opened, at once he breathed pure air; and his eye met a pretty peaceful rural scene, shrubs, grass, and beds of bright-coloured flowers. Though the rooms of the Institution, having been designed according to the habits of former days, were rather confined, yet there was no lack of home comfort; and the site was convenient for visitors of the humble class to which the inmates belong.

The site of the new building is described as Wick Lane, Victoria Park; though these is no appearance of a lane. The grounds are extensive, and studded with a pleasing variety of fine old trees. The building is a massive and ornate French chateau, with handsome windows and minarets, a noble porch, and a lovely chapel. The outside walls have variegated hues, the ground-work of red brick being crossed with a net-work of blue, and a similar effect being produced on the roof by the use of slates of different shades. The inner walls of the lobby, passages, grand staircase, and corridor are ornamented with a greater variety of hues and devices, all wrought in bricks of different colours, without any aid from pencil, paint, or varnish. The architect was Mr Robert Lewis Roumieu, one of the Directors. He gave the benefit of his architectural genius and practical experience, and valuable time, and all the duties of an architect, as a free gift to the hospital. There is also a porter’s lodge at the entrance of the approach to the hospital, and in the same style of architecture. This monumental mansion was opened in the summer of 1865. As to the rooms, which are all that could be desired, I need mention nothing except that in the Directors’ dining-room there are several good portraits, including General the Earl of Galway in his old age, Field-Marshal the Earl Ligonier, and Le Sieur Jacques de Gastigny.

The names of all the Directors of the hospital for upwards of 170 years are recorded in their book. I have arranged in alphabetical order (giving the English forms of the Christian names), the Directors of the first fifty years of the existence of the corporation. When a surname is represented by two or more persons, I have connected them by a bracket. The reader may see both the names of worthy Huguenots and also how far they are represented by descendants, for the representatives of these oldest surnames up to the present date are included. Governors and Deputy-Governors are signalised by capital letters. The military or other rank connected with some of the names gives the highest rank to which they had attained before their deaths, not their rank at the date of their election as Directors, which is the only printed date. The Directors having always had an unlimited power to add to their own number, no official intimation of a death in their ranks was required.

The later surnames are useful for tracing descents, especially collateral ones. But it would be presumptuous in me to proceed further, when it is known that my learned friend, Henry Wagner, Esq., F.S.A., an energetic Director, has made very extensive researches in this direction, and that it is hoped that he will soon print 200 Huguenot refugee pedigrees, many of them being those of the Directors of La Providence, and many others bringing to light refugees (with their ancestors and descendants) hitherto buried in old archives. Either by himself, or under his auspices, a monograph on the French Protestant Hospital may appear before very long, containing the Directors’ names, with full biographical and genealogical annotations.

List of Directors.[3]
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1759.	Zachary Agace	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	See vol. i.
	1763.	Abdias Agace
	1764.	Jacob Agace
	1764.	Daniel Agace
1761.		Peter Alavoine
1756.		Jacob Albert
1765.		Stephen Amiot
1723.		Claude Amyand
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1756.	David André
	1782.	David André, jun.
	1786.	John Louis André
	1793.	Sir William Louis André, Baronet
	1809.	John Louis André
	1814.	James Peter André
	1846.	James Peter André
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1767.	Isaac Ardesoif
	1789.	Stephen Ardesoif
1765.		Joseph Artieres
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1755.	Peter Auber
	1767.	Peter Auber
	1779.	James Auber
	1784.	Peter Auber, jun.
1773.		Anthony Aubert
1725.		Rev. Israel Anthony Aufrere.
1729.		Charles Bacalan
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1763.	Stephen Barbut
	1772.	Captain James Barbut
1767.		James Baril
1737.		Moses Barnege
1718.		Benjamin Baronneau
1771.		John Rodolph Battier
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	James Baudouin
	1718.	Réné Baudouin
1731.		Louis Beliard
1718.		James Louis Berchere
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1738.	James Binet
	1740.	Claude Binet
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1763.	Jacob Blaquiere
	1763.	John Peter Blaquiere
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1768.	Charles Boileau
	1787.	John Peter Boileau
	1839.	Sir John Peter Boileau, Baronet
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1763.	John Bonnet
	1766.	Peter Bonnet
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1735.	John Bosanquet
	1741.	Claude Bosanquet
	1782.	Samuel Bosanquet
	1782.	William Bosanquet
	1786.	Henry Bosanquet
	1787.	Jacob Bosanquet
	1787.	William Bosanquet
	1826.	Samuel Bosanquet
1760.		John Boucher
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1719.	Paul Buissiere
	1741.	John Buissiere
1743.		Andrew Girardot Buissieres
1718.		Peter Cabibel
1769.		General John Carnac
1752.		Abraham Castres
1759.		Peter Cazalet.
1736.		John Chalé
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1761.	James Chalié
	1769.	John Chalié
	1777.	Matthew Chalié
	1795.	Francis Charlié
1748.		John Philip Charles
1761.		John Chassereau
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1766.	Matthew Clarmont
	1769.	Gabriel Clarmont
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1723.	Anthony Clerembault
	1767.	John Clerembault
1751.		Anthony Colombies
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	Peter Champion de Crespigny
	1734.	Philip Crespigny
	1760.	Claude Crespigny
1767.		John Creusé
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1755.	Simon Dalbiac
	1758.	Simon Dalbiac
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1756.	John Dargent
	1762.	James Dargent
1750.		John David
1736.		Rev. John De Beaufort
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	Jacob De Blagny
	1732.	John De Blagny
1721.		Réné De Boyville
1734.		Major Isaac De Bruse
1718.		Réné de la Combe De Cluset
1738.		Réné De Comarque, M.D.
1754.		Colonel Ruvigny De Cosne
1732.		James De Foissac
1721.		John l’Espinasse De Fonvive
1718.		Louis De Gaillardy
1728.		Stephen De Gulhon
1740.		General Louis Dejean
1731.		John Delafon
1769.		Philip Delahaize
1753.		Abraham Delamere
1718.		Albert De Lande
1767.		Abraham De la Neuvemaison
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1740.	Captain Peter De la Primaudaye
	1750.	Peter Henry A. De la Primaudaye
	1759.	Francis De la Primaudaye
	1787.	Stephen De la Primaudaye
1718.		Nicholas De la Sabliere
1754.		David Delavau
1743.		John Remy De Montigny
1721.		John De Montledier
1718.		Francis De Pontereau
1725.		Anthony De Rambouillet
1718.		Henry De Ruvigny, Earl of Galway (see vol. i.)
1718.		John De Rossieres
1740.		Charles De Sailly
1718.		Rev. Henry De St. Colome
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	Guy De Vicouse, Baron de la Court
	1732.	Guy De Vicouse
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1753.	Arthur De Vilettes
	1777.	Lieut.-Gen. Henry Clinton De Vilettes
	1779.	Major William Ann De Vilettes
1718.		John Le Clerc De Virly
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1736.	Peter Deschamps
	1757.	Peter Deschamps
	1771.	John Deschamps
1718.		Louis Des Clouseaux
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1765.	Phineas Deseret
	1795.	John Deseret
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1732.	Claude Desmarets
	1760.	Francis Desmarets
1718.		James Devaux
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1760.	John Devaynes
	1770.	William Devaynes, M.P.
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1765.	Peter Devisime
	1780.	William Devisme
	1788.	Gerard Devisme
1726.		Louis Benjamin D’Olon
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1731.	Thomas Dubisson
	1775.	John Du Bisson
1726.		John Duprat Du Charruau
1718.		Peter James Dudesert
1718.		Paul Du Four
1737.		James Dulamon
1737.		Amand Duperron
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1769.	John Durand, M.P.
	1824.	John Charles Durand
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1742.	Francis Duroure
	1781.	John Duroure
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1749.	Peter Dutens
	1767.	Peter Dutens
1735.		Alexander Forrester
1740.		Gabriel Fouace
1769.		Michael Fountaine
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	Philip Fruchard
	1749.	James Fruchard
1729.		James Gambier
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1752.	Peter Garnault
	1762.	Ayme Garnault
1740.		James Gastine
1720.		James Gaultier
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1741.	Peter Gaussen
	1755.	Peter Gaussen
	1780.	Peter Gaussen, jun.
	1782.	Samuel Robert Gaussen.
	1878.	Robert William Gaussen
	1881.	Captain Robert George Gaussen.
1747.		John Cignoux
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1770.	Tillieux Girardot
	1776.	Andrew Girardot
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1742.	James Godin
	1758.	Giles Godin
	1769.	Stephen Peter Godin
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1760.	Gideon Gosset
	1764.	Isaac Gosset
	1778.	Jacob Gosset
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1769.	John Guillemard
	1785.	Isaac Guillemard
	1789.	James Guillemard
	1793.	John Guillemard
	1810.	Daniel Guillemard
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1721.	Henry Guinand
	1756.	Henry Guinand
1767.		Peter Guinard
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1756.	Stephen Guyon
	1771.	Henry Guill Guyon
	1831.	Captain John Guyon, R.N.
1766.		John Hanet
1765.		Benjamin Harenc
1749.		James Hays
1769.		Peter Herison
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1720.	Philip[4] Hervart, Baron d’Huningue
	1765.	William Hervart
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1763.	Jacob Jamet
	1787.	John Jamet
1769.		Sir Stephen Theodore Janssen, Bart. (see vol. i.)
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1749.	Nicolas Jourdain
	1834.	William David Jourdain
	1876.	Nevill Jourdain
	1879.	Henry J. Jourdain
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1779.	John Jourdan
	1794.	George Jourdan
1725.		Andrew Juillot
1748.		John Julien
1731.		Josias Laborde
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1753.	John Luke Landon
	1764.	John Landon
	1799.	James Landon
1765.		Christopher Langlois
1740.		Peter Lapiere
1738.		Charles Laporte
1734.		Samuel La Riviere
1721.		Charles Lebas
1719.		Rev. _____ Le Blank
1762.		Noah Le Cras
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1768.	John Lefevre
	1776.	Peter Lefevre
1724.		Gideon Leglise
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	Thomas Leheup
	1741.	Michael Leheup
1742.		Peter Lemaitre
1736.		Sir John Lequesne, knight
1748.		Sir John Ligonier, K.B. (afterwards Earl Ligonier)
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1741.	John Anthony Loubier
	1756.	Matthew Loubier
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1769.	John Peter Lucadou
	1788.	John Louis Lucadou
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1752.	Rev. John James Majendie, D.D.
	1845.	Ashurst Majendie
1718.		Peter Marchant
1731.		James Mare
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1757.	James Martel
	1778.	Isaac Martel
1741.		James Massé
1769.		Joshua Mauger, M.P.
1718.		Rev. Philip Menard
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1769.	Hugues Minet
	1791.	John Louis Minet
	1791.	Isaac Minet
	1882.	William Minet
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1721.	James Molinier
	1756.	Charles Molinier
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	General David Montolieu, Baron de St. Hippolite
	1759.	Colonel Charles Montolieu
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1766.	Colonel James Gabriel Montresor
	1779.	Major-Gen. John Montresor
	1788.	Major-Gen. Henry Tucker Montresor
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1721.	Philip Moreau
	1734.	James Philip Moreau
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1729.	John Motteux
	1759.	Peter Motteux
	1763.	John Motteux
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1750.	Stephen Mounier
	1784.	Peter Mounier
1726.		John Narbonne
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1760.	Peter Nouaille
	1789.	Peter Nouaille, jun.
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1761.	Peter Ogier
	1771.	Louis Ogier
1765.		Daniel Olivier
1729.		John Payrené
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1752.	Samuel Pechel, Master in Chancery
	1772.	Sir Paul Pechel, Baronet
	1801.	Sir Thomas Pechell, Baronet
1718.		Solomon Penny
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	John Perigal
	1769.	Francis Perigal
	1784.	John Perigal
1755.		John Pigou
1754.		Daniel Pilon
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1766.	Anthony Planck
	1812.	Peter Planck
1749.		Joseph Pouchon
1718.		Moses Pujolas
1747.		Stephen David Ravaud
1740.		Edward Ravenal
1759.		Andrew Reignier
1718.		Peter Reneu
1725.		Isaac Reynous
1723.		Moses Rigail
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1751.	Isaac Boberdeau
	1756.	John Peter Roberdeau
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	James Robethon
	1721.	Rt. Hon. John Robethon
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1770.	Peter Romilly
	1779.	Thomas Peter Romilly
	17.	Sir Samuel Romilly, knight
	17.	George Thomas Romilly
	17.	William, Lord Romilly
1720.		James Roussy
1766.		General William Ruffane
1759.		John Sabattier
1729.		Charles St. Maurice
1740.		Peter Augustus Samson
1718.		Rev. Louis Saurin
1718.		Claude Scoffier
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	Stephen Seignoret
	1719.	Peter Seignoret
1731.		Peter Soulegre
1718.		James Tabare
1727.		Rev. _____ Tacher
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1762.	Louis Teissier
	1776.	Charles Teissier
	1781.	Stephen Teissier
1747.		Stephen Tessier
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	Thomas Thomas
	1736.	Peter Thomas
	1766.	Thomas Thomas
	1776.	Ivan Thomas
	1794.	Matthew Thomas
1735.		Peter Tirel
1735.		Daniel Touvois
$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	1718.	Peter Triquet
	1756.	Peter Triquet
1718.		Louis Tudert
1756.		Daniel Vautier
1757.		Daniel Vialars
1769.		Colonel Charles Vignoles

In the Gentleman’s Magazine a death is recorded, 23rd November 1739:— “Paul Dufour, Esq., Treasurer of the French Hospital, to which he left £10,000.” (See chapter xvii.)

In 1874 (the date of my last publication) the office-bearers were:—
Governor	The Earl of Radnor.
Deputy-Governor,	Philip Smith Duval, Esq. (who was elected in 1859, in succession to the late Peter Levesque, Esq.).
Treasurer,	Richard Hervé Giraud, Esq. (who was elected in 1854, in succession to the late George Guillonneau, Esq.).
Secretary,	Charles James Fâche, Esq. (who was elected in 1863, in succession to the late Richard Grellier, Esq.).
The present office-bearers are:—
Governor	The Earl of Radnor.
Deputy-Governor,	Richard Hervé Giraud, Esq., elected in 1876.
Treasurer,	Charles John Shoppée, Esq., elected in 1877.
Secretary,	Arthur Giraud Browning, Esq., elected in 1875.

1. The Index to the Patent Rolls has a nearly accurate entry:— “4 Geo. I., 24th July. Incorporates Henry de Massue, Marquis De Rouvigney, Earl of Galway, and divers others, by the name of Governor and Directors of the Hospitall for poor French Protestants, &c, and grants them divers liberties, &c”
2. British Chronologist, vol. iii.
3. As this list is alphabetical à la Française, it will not be incorporated with the Alphabetical Index to Volume II.
4. According to the Maisondieu Register, Southampton, Philibert was his Christian name.