Huguenot families Naturalized in Great Britain and Ireland (L-Z)

End[85] of the Naturalizations.

Notes

[80] Maziere: Peter de Mazieres was a Lieutenant in the French army, and afterwards joined the army of William of Orange. He settled at Youghal, in Ireland, where he died in 1746; other members of the family settled at Cork, where they left numerous descendants.

[81] Normand: Now Norman.

[82] Petitot: Jean Petitot was an excellent painter in enamel, who was patronised by Charles I, who knighted him. Of his numerous sons, Francis settled in London, whose desendants for the most part removed to Ireland, where the family still exists.

[83] Pilot: Josué Pilot settled in Ireland. His son, Dr. Pilot, was doctor in Battereau’s Regiment of Foot, and served in the Duke of Cumberland’s northern campaign of 1745-1746.

[84] Villette: C. L. de Villette, was minister of the French Church in Dublin.

[85] End: For further information respecting the Huguenots, see the Appendix, pp. 345-392, at the end of Smiles’ Huguenots, and headed: “Huguenot Refugees and their Descendants.”

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