and of the Peace concluded between him and the Mareschal Duke of Villars. Written in French by Colonel Cavallier, and translated into English” (Dublin, 1726). Dedicated to Lord Carteret, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1727 a second edition was published. The main facts are confirmed by documentary evidence. But Huguenot antiquaries complain of many inaccuracies of detail, while they make allowances for an unpractised author writing from memory.
The following names occur in this chapter:— Dean Swift (p. 43), St Evremond (p. 44 — see also Vol. I., pp. 154, 182, 212), Roland (pp. 46, 55, 59, 64), Belcastel (pp. 46, 47), Flotard (p. 46), Portales (p. 46), La Billiere (p. 46), Tempié (p. 46), Duke of Marlborough (pp. 47, 49, 62, 64), Brousson (p. 54), Mr John M. Kemble (pp. 57, 58, 64), Calamy (p. 57), Ravenal (pp. 55, 59), Earl of Galway (p. 63), Ponthieu (p. 64), Champagne (p. 64), Sir Erasmus Borrowes (p. 64), Primate Boulter (p. 65), Right Honourable Richard Hill, (pp. 59, 62).
Chapter X., (pp. 66-83, 315)
(1). Baron D’Hervart (pp. 66-70). Philibert Hervart, Baron de Huninghen, commonly called Baron D’Hervart, son of Bartholomew Hervart and Esther Vimart, (born 1645, died 1721), was a distinguished refugee, and for some years our ambassador in Switzerland. His wife was a Swiss lady of good estate, Jedide Azube de Graffenried.
(2). Right Hon. John Robethon, (pp. 70-78), was a son of Jean Robeton, or Robethon, Advocate in the Parliament of Paris, by Anne, sister of the Rev. Claude Groteste De la Mothe. He also was an Advocate, and being a Huguenot refugee in Holland, he came to England with the Prince of Orange, and remained as the king’s private secretary. On his royal master’s death, he was engaged by the Court of Hanover, where he became a Privy Councillor, and a useful public servant. On the accession of George I., he returned to London, and was settled there until his death in 1722.
(3). Peter Falaiseau, Esq. (pp. 78-80, 315), was the son of Messire Jacques Falaiseau, ecuyer, and Dame Anne Louard. Becoming a refugee, he was naturalized at Westminster, in 1681 (see List II). After this he spent his active life in the service of Prussia, as an Ambassador. He spent many years of retirement in England, generally esteemed, and died in 1726.
(4). Abel Tassin D’Allonne, Esq. (pp. 80-83), was the only son of Monsieur and Madame Tassin (his mother’s maiden surname was Silver-Crona). See his will, which I give in full. He was Private Secretary to the Princess of Orange, and continued with her while Queen of England, in the same capacity; at her death he was made a private secretary to the king, who granted to him the Castle and Manor of Pickering in 1697. On the king’s death he returned to Holland where he died in 1723.
NOTES.
D’Allonne, on retiring to Holland, aspired to employment as a Foreign Ambassador. But Rapin de Thoyras’ biographer, informs us that he received the office of Secretary of State for War, and that Rapin was much indebted to him for access to valuable books bearing on English History. I do not believe the scandal, alluded to by that biographer, that D’Allonne was an illegitimate half-brother of William III.
The following names occur in this chapter:— Aufrére (p. 69), Vignoles (p. 70), St Leger (p. 70), Leibnitz (p. 70— see also pp. 57, 58), Macpherson (pp. 71, 72), Vernon (p. 72), Earl of Portland (p. 72), Addison (pp. 72, 76), Lord Halifax (pp. 72, 73), Falaiseau (p. 72), Duke of Marlborough (p. 74), Hervart (pp. 74, 75), De la Mothe (pp. 74, 77), Sir Rowland Gwynne (p. 75), Dean Swift (p. 75), Earl of Stair (p. 76), Maxwell (p. 77), Cowper (p. 77), Gouvernet (p. 77), Des Maizeaux (p. 77), Rebenac (p. 78), Mouginet (p. 79), Blair (p. 82), Bray (p. 82), De la Davière (p. 82), Henry Viscount Palmerston (p. 83).
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