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 to have been alive in 1727; for the Historical Register notes, “1727, May 13, Thomas Carbonnel, jun., Esq., appointed Sword-Bearer of the City of London, in the room of Isaac Man, Esq., deceased.” William and Michael, the third and fourth sons of the elder Thomas were merchants, the latter at Cadiz. David Carbonnel, Esq., the fifth son, was, in 1694, one of the Grooms of the Privy Chamber to King William III. Peter, the sixth son, died young, before 1694. MrDelillers Carbonnel, the seventh son, seems to have been the most eminent member of the family; he was a merchant in London, and frequently elected a Director of the Bank of England; I have noted his election in the year 1722, 1723, 1724, and 1728. John Carbonnel, Esq., formerly Deputy of Aldgate Ward, died on 28th November 1729. In May 1734, Mr Carbonnel, Commissioner of the Salt Office, died.  

This family has been traced to Caen; there is in that neighbourhood a small Norman town, named Cardonnel. The first refugee was the Seigneur of the Chateau de Cardonnel; this chateau was seized by the French government, and converted into a Jesuits’ College. M. de Cardonnel brought a large sum of money into England, and lent considerable sums to King Charles II., which were never repaid. The date of his arrival is not known, but Adam de Cardonnel of Southampton, an ancien of the French Church there, was his son, born 27th December 1620. According to the Signet Book in the Public Record Office, London, Peter de Cardonnel was appointed Customer and Collector of Southampton in August 1660; he was, no doubt, Adam’s brother, and there was another brother, Philip. Peter, as the collector of customs at Southampton, was non-resident, and, in 1665, when the plague raged in the seaport, he sent a donation of £5 from his residence in St. Margaret’s, Westminster; there he died in August 1667, and was buried in Westminster Abbey; he is registered as Mr Peter de Cardinall; his estate was administered by Catherine, relict of his brother, Philip, 15th August 1667. There was a William de Cardonnel of Magdalen College, Oxford, B.A., 1674; M.A., 1687. Peter de Cardonnel was admitted into Westminster School in 1673, from whence he was elected to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1678, took the degree of B.A. in 1681, and M.A. in 1685; he continued to reside in Oxford, where he died, and was, on 20th March 1699, buried in Christ Church Cathedral, leaving the reputation of being " a very good French scholar, in which language he wrote an elegy on the death of Sir Ferdinando Fisher, and several sets of laudatory verses prefixed to some of the works of Payne Fisher, whose great friend he was.”

We return to Adam de Cardonnel, born 27th December 1620. The Southampton Burgess-Book has, under date 23d May 1662, “Adam Cardinall, Esq., was admitted and sworn one of the burgesses and guild of this town, gratis.” About this time he married Marie, daughter and heiress of Nicolas Pescod of Holbury, Cadland, and Langley, in Hampshire; she was born in 1630, and died 27th July 1708. Mr De Cardonnel is also said to have been Collector of Customs, perhaps in succession to his brother. In 1664 he was an ancien of the French Church, called God’s house. I observed the baptisms of five of his sons in the register, Adam (1663), Daniel (1665), John and James, twins (1667), and Philip (1673). In 1690 he was elected sheriff, but was excused from serving. He died on 27th January 1711 (n.s.), aged ninety years and one month. Of his sons, Adam and James left descendants. According to the will of one of his sons, the ancien had also three daughters, Deborah, Mrs Oldfield; Elizabeth, Mrs Batt; and Mary, Mrs Prince.

The eldest son of the ancien was known as Adam Cardonnel; he was baptized in the French Church of Southampton on 1st November 1663. He obtained employment in the War Office in the reign of William III. Narcissus Luttrell notes, 18th February 169⅔,” Mr. Cardinal of the War Office is made Treasurer to the Hospital for sick and wounded men;” again, 21st November 1700, “Mr. Cardinall of the War Office is made letter-carrier to the king, in room of Mr. Vanhusle.” “29th December 1702, Mr. Cardonell succeeds Mr. Blathwayt as Secretary of Warr.” He was, however, induced to become secretary to the Duke of Marlborough, and, as such, he is remembered. He was valued as speaking and writing the French language fluently; and although no more than an Englishman of French ancestry, his connection with a French refugee church, and the influx of French Protestants from France, must have given him much of the air of a Frenchman, and familiarity with French pronunciation and idioms. On 14th January 1709-10, Luttrell says, “Adam Cardonnell, Esq., secretary to the Duke of Marlborough, is made secretary of war.” He