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 Theopneustie,” and kindred works. Paul Gaussen’s third son, Jean Pierre Gaussen, was adopted by his English refugee uncles, and joined them in London in the year 1739, the sixteenth year of his age. He became Governor of the Bank of England, and a Director of the East India Company. He married his cousin, Anna Maria, daughter of Samuel Bosanquet of Forest House, the second son of David Bosanquet. His son was Colonel Samuel Robert Gaussen, who was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, and in 1782 a Director of the French Hospital; he married Eliza, daughter of Jacob Bosanquet, Esq. of Broxbournebury, and dying in 1812, was succeeded by the second Samuel-Robert, father of Robert William Gaussen, Esq. of Brookmans Park (born 1814, died 1880). [Harriet, daughter of Colonel S.R. Gaussen, was the wife of Lieut.-Colonel James Best of Park House, near Maidstone, who died on 20th June 1849; she died on 21st January 1875. She was the mother of Mawdistley Gaussen Pest, Esq. of Park House (born 1826); and her daughter, Emily Dorothy, was married on 25th August 1864 to James Whatman Bosanquet, Esq. of Claysmore, Middlesex.]

The Irish family of Gaussen is recognised by Haag as of Huguenot origin; but whether it sprang from the Saumur, the Burgundy, or the Guienne stock is not known. The refugee set sail from France for England, but was driven by a storm into Carlingford Bay, and found shelter for life in Newry. His name was David Gaussen (born 1664, died 1751); he won an Irish bride, Miss Dorothy Fortescue; his son was David of Newry (died 1802); his grandson was David of Ballyronan House, who died in 1832 (his sister, Miss Elizabeth Gaussen, lived to a great age); the refugee’s great-grandson was David of Lakeview House, County Derry (died 1853); his great-great-grandsons were David Campbell Gaussen, Esq. of Shanemullagh (born 1815), barrister-at-law, Captain Thomas Lovett Gaussen, R.N., Rev. Edmond James Gaussen, and William Ash Gaussen, Esq.  . — The Irish family of Gervais of Cecil descends from Jean Gervais of Tournon, in Guienne, and Anne Fabre, his wife, who both died before the Revocation. Their sons, Pierre and Daniel, were brought to England in 1685 by an uncle. Daniel (born 1679) became a Captain in the army, and Gentleman-Usher to the Queen; he married Pauline, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Balaguier of the French Protestant Church, Dublin. Pierre Gervais (born 1677, died 1730) married in 1717 Marie Francoise Girard; his son was Peter (born 1722, died 1800), who married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Samuel Close of Elm Park, county Armagh. Their son, Rev. Francis Gervais (died 1849), was the proprietor of the estate of Cecil, in county Tyrone; his wife was Katherine Jane, daughter of Michael Tisdall, Esq., and his heir and successor was Francis John Gervais, Esq. of Cecil, M.A. (born 21st August 1819, died 19th July 1882.) The latter is represented (I presume) by his son, Francis Peter Gervais, Esq. (born 12th December 1868).  . — The family of Girardot (although as yet there is no pedigree) may be said to descend from Huguenot refugees, whose estates near Dijon were forfeited. In the registers I observe three branches with territorial titles of nobility, and in the magazines a fourth. Girardot Du Perron was naturalized in 1686 (see List xii.), and Anne Girardot Du Perron in 1696 (see List xxi.). In February 1690, in the parish Church of St. Mary Aldermary, London, James Girardot alias Du Perron marries Ann Girardot alias De Vermenoux. In December of the same year the same couple appears within Hungerford French Church, bringing their son, Jean Etienne, for baptism, the godmother being Madame Marie Girardot de Préfond. The Sieur Du Perron is styled Capitaine de chariott du Roi. Among the subscribers to “Laval’s History” there is “De Vermenoux, Esq.”; he lived at Hackney, and was evidently not so well known by his patronymic, Girardot, as by his distinctive title. There was a very influential gentleman of the family, styled De Tillieux. John Girardot de Tillieux, Esq., was made a Director of the South Sea Company in 1721, but seems to have got out of it in time, as his property was not confiscated by Parliament; he was an executor of Sir Denis Dutry’s Will in 1728. His property passed to an only child and heiress. I find the following notice:—

Married, 12th May 1747, Captain Hamilton, nearly related to the Duke, to Miss Girardot, only child of John Girardot of Tilleux, near Greenwich, Esq., with £30,000.

In my account of the family of André, I noted that the families of André and Girardot intermarried twice. Connected probably with these last-named Girardots was Charles Girardot, Esq., who married a Lincolnshire lady, daughter of William Dashwood, Esq.; his son was John Charles Girardot, Esq. of Allestree Hall, Derbyshire (died 1845), and by his wife, Lydia Marianne, daughter of Charles Vere 