The next meeting of the Society will be the AGM of the Society to be held by video on 9 July. The formal parts of the meeting will be followed by a talk by on the remarkable career of Philippe D’Auvergne, explorer, spymaster and unsuccessful claimant to a Dukedom. Details below. If you would like to attend, please email jerseysocietyinlondon@gmail.com.
Here is further information on the talk:
Strange connections: Jersey, the Duchy of Bouillon and a granddaughter of Bonnie Prince Charlie. A genealogical journey through 18th and 19th century history.
What links La Hougue Bie, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic War and a district of present day Belgium? The remarkable career and changing fortunes of Philippe D’Auvergne
The remarkable career of Jerseyman Philippe D’Auvergne (1764-1816) spanned the
American War of Independence, exploration of the Arctic, running spy networks in
post-Revolutionary France and an ultimately unsuccessful bid to inherit the Duchy of
Bouillon leading to his financial ruin and death. In this talk, which follows our AGM
on 9 July, the leading Jersey genealogist Marie-Louise Backhurst pulls together
some of the threads.
Marie-Louise Backhurst, a former President of the Société Jersiaise, co-founded the
Channel Islands Family History Society and is the author of Tracing Your Channel Islands Ancestors (2011) and The Descendants of Bonnie Prince Charlie (forthcoming).
