Claudius de Crespigny

Claudius de Crespigny

French refugee, husband of Maria de Vierville.

Person, Other, France

1 memorial
Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Born Lille, France. Height 6 ft, 5 inches, nicknamed Le Grande Asperge. President of France 1958-69. Just like Queen Wilhelmina, while in London he used the BBC to send popular messages of resistan...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, France

5 memorials
Philippine Marthe Anne Marie de Gérin-Ricard

Philippine Marthe Anne Marie de Gérin-Ricard

Philippine de Gérin-Ricard was born on 4 October 1992 in Nimes, Gard, France. She was the sixth of the seven children of her parents, Pierre Christian Marie de Gérin-Ricard (b.1954) and Anne Boudet...

Person, Cyclist, Tragedy, France

1 memorial
Louise De Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth

Louise De Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth

Mistress of Charles II. Born in France into a noble French family. As the king's mistress she received large sums of money and in 1673 the titles of Baroness Petersfield, Countess of Fareham and Du...

Person, Friend / family, France

1 memorial
Comte Robert de Lesseps, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de guerre

Comte Robert de Lesseps, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de guerre

A Frenchman, born in Paris. One of the 13 surviving children of Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805 - 94), who was responsible for the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert was an early aviator but it was ...

Person, Aviation, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Frederick Delius

Frederick Delius

Composer.  Born Bradford of parents born in Germany.  In America 1884-6, supposedly learning citrus farming but really developing his interest in music which he went on to study in Germany.  Works ...

Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, France, Germany

1 memorial
Richard de Lucy

Richard de Lucy

Born in Lucé, near Domfront, Normandy, his name is also spelt 'de Luci'. He is first mentioned as High Sheriff of Essex, and later as Chief Justiciar to King Henry II. (Justiciar was roughly equiva...

Person, Law, France

1 memorial
Simon de Montfort

Simon de Montfort

6th Earl of Leicester. Born France, with connections to French and English aristocracy. Married Eleanor, Henry III's sister in 1238. Built the Savoy Palace in 1245. Leader of the Second Barons' War...

Person, Politics & Administration, France

2 memorials
Chevalier d'Eon

Chevalier d'Eon

Diplomat and transvestite. Born Tonnerre, Burgundy, France. Full name: D'Éon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée, born of the French nobility. Up until 1763 he had a disting...

Person, Espionage, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, France

3 memorials
Second Lieutenant Crispin Asahel De Pass

Second Lieutenant Crispin Asahel De Pass

Crispin Asahel De Pass was born on 1 June 1893 in Finchley, Middlesex (now Greater London), the third of the five children of Alfred Aaron De Pass (1861-1952) and Ethel Phoebe De Pass née Salaman (...

Person, Armed Forces, Canada, France

War dead, WW1
2 memorials
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