Thomas Fonnereau(27 October 1699, inLondon– 20 March 1779) was a British merchant and politician who sat in theHouse of Commonsbetween 1741 and 1779.
Fonnrereau was the eldest son ofClaude Fonnereau,a wealthyHuguenotmerchant who had settled in Ipswich.[1]He succeeded his father in 1740, inheriting his estates, which includedChristchurch MansioninIpswich.
Returned forSudburyin 1741, he continued to sit for that constituency until 1768, several of those years in conjunction withThomas Walpole,a business connection.[1]However, he retained interests inSuffolkand was a member of theFree British Fishery Society,[2]as well as MP for the constituency ofAldeburghat the end of his life, serving briefly alongside his brother,Zachary Philip Fonnereau.[3]
He died unmarried in 1779 and was succeeded by his brother, Dr. Claudius Fonnereau (1701-1785).
References
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