Zachary Philip Fonnereau (31 January 1706 – 15 August 1778) was a British businessman and politician.[1]

Early life

Fonnereau was born in London on 31 January 1706, the fourth son of Claude Fonnereau of Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, a London merchant of Huguenot extraction.[2]

Career

Fonnereau played a prominent role in financing the Seven Years' War,[3] and served as a director of the East India Company in 1753 and 1754.[4]

He was returned as the Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh at the 1747 election on the interest of his brother, Thomas Fonnereau,[2] who had developed an independent interest in the borough at the expense of the Government (which had formerly controlled it by patronage). However, Zachary consistently voted in support of Government when in Parliament.[2]

Personal life

By his marriage to Margaret Martyn, he left five children, two of whom also served as Members of Parliament for Aldeburgh:

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). "FONNEREAU, Zachary Philip (1706-78), of Sise Lane, Bucklersbury, London.". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
  3. ^ 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. S2CID 154806047.
  4. ^ "The Directors of the East India Company, 1754-1790" (PDF). James gordon parker. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  5. ^ Drummond, Mary M. "PARKER, Armstead (c.1699-1777), of Burghberry Manor, Peterborough, Northants". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byWilliam ConollyRichard Plumer Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh 1747–1774 With: William Windham 1747–1761Philip Fonnereau 1761–1768Nicholas Linwood 1768–1773Thomas Fonnereau 1773–1774 Succeeded byThomas FonnereauRichard Combe


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