Zachary Philip Fonnereau
Zachary Philip Fonnereau (31 January 1706 – 15 August 1778) was a British businessman and politician.[1]
Early life
Fonnereau was born in
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:
- Philip Fonnereau (1739–1797), MP for Aldeburgh from 1761 to 1768 who married Mary Parker, a daughter of Armstead Parker, MP for Peterborough.[5]
- Martyn Fonnereau (1741–1817), MP for Aldeburgh from 1779 to 1784
- Charlotte Fonnereau (1742–1806)
- Fanny Fonnereau (1744–1827), who married George Stainforth, Jr., in 1777 at Cornhill, died childless
- Thomas Fonnereau (1746–1788), who married Harriet Hanson in 1786 and left children, including the author and artist Thomas George Fonnereau
References
- JSTOR 552412.
- ^ 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.
- S2CID 154806047.
- ^ "The Directors of the East India Company, 1754-1790" (PDF). James gordon parker. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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