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A list of grave monuments in Pere Lachaise (Pt2) Cemetery, Paris, Paris, France

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Pere Lachaise (Pt2) Cemetery
Paris
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Pere Lachaise (Pt2) Cemetery

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Below are the names that appear on the gravestone photographs for Pere Lachaise (Pt2) Cemetery, Paris, Paris, .

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The ages given on tombstone monuments are often incorrect and so dates of birth should be consided as probable rather than actual. Please also note that all ages and dates of birth in red have been calculated and are not on the monument.

The GPR holds 10 grave and 26 person records for this cemetery.

Alan Hart photographed and indexed this cemetery.


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monuments 1 to 50 for Pere Lachaise (Pt2) Cemetery,
no.family surnamefull namerelationshipbirth
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1CottinJohn Cottin1746182781John Cottin was born in London to a French Hugenot family who owned the merchant firm of Cottin and son in the City of London211161

2CraufurdQuintin Craufurd1743181976born in Killwinning in Scotland he joined the East India Company and made his fortune in India He settled in Paris on his return to Europe and became an author and collector He was a close friend of Marie Antoinette and he is believed to have been one of those who urged the Queen and her family to make their ill-fated flight to Varennes to escape the revolution Craufurd escaped to Brussels but returned to Paris during the Treay of Amiens in 1802 and remained in Paris under the protection of Talleyrand211163

3de TurgyLouis François de Turgy1763182360he rose from being a simple servant at Versailles to a role as trusted confidant and defender of the Royal Family He saved Marie Antoinette from the mob in the first days of 1789 and served the royal family in their penultimate prison at the Temple where they lived during the trials of the king and queen In 1795 he accompanied the king's daugher Marie-Thérèse de France into exile in Austria She later married her first cousin the Duc d'Angouleme son of Louis XVIII who ennobled Turgy and appointed him first valet to the Duchess She paid for his gravestone211164

4DistelPhilippe Gaspard Distel1767183265born in Strasbourg Chief surgeon to kings Louis XVIII and Charles X whom he had followed into exile during the revolution211167
Catherine Distelwife of Philippe Gaspard Distel1766182155211167
Dorothée Marguerite Chargrasseunknown1779184263born in Molsheim wife of Pierre Chargrasse211167
Pierre Chargrasseunknown1766185286born in Semur in the Côte d'Or Pharmacist to one of the emigré armies the army de Condé founded by the king's cousin who fought against the revolutionaries from 1792-1801 and later to the Royal Guard211167

5FoyMaximilien Sébastien Foy1775182550born in Ham in the Somme Foy was an artillery officer who served from 1791 in Germany Switzerland Turkey Spain and Portugal He was promoted to general by Napoléon after defending the cause of the French army in Portugal before the emperor He rallied to Napoléon during the Hundred Days and was wounded at Waterloo He was elected to the French Parliament in 1819 and remained an opponent of the restored Bourbon régime211168

6GilchristJohn Gilchrist1760184181John Borthwick Gilchrist was born in Edinburgh and trained at George Heriot's Hospital He joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon's mate and then the East India Company Medical Service arriving in Bombay in 1782 He studied Hindustani (Urdu) and wrote the first dictionary in 1790 and an Urdu grammar in 1796 In 1801 he was appointed the first principal of Fort William College and professor of Persian and Hindustani In 1804 he returned to Edinburgh and began a career as a linen merchant and later was briefly Professor of Persian at the EIC college in Hertford (Haileybury) in 1806 He then returned to Edinburgh and founded a banking firm and joined several learned societies including the Royal Society of Edinburgh After the failure of his business he moved to London in 1817 and helped to found University College London (as the first Professor of Hindustani) the future Birkbeck College and the London Oriental Institution In his will he created the Gilchrist Education211159
Paris of John Gilchrist211159

7Le MassonLouis Le Masson1743182986he was an engineer and architect who tutored the nephews of Louis XVI (the sons of the future Louis XVIII) From 1791-93 he was chief architect of the département that included Versailles and he received several commissions from Louis XVI In 1793 he was obliged to flee the revolutionaries but in 1795 he was appointed chief architect to the Lower Seine département He worked in Rouen from 1802-11 and officially retired in 1813 However shortly afterwards his old mentor the new King Louis XVIII recalled him and appointed him as assistant commander of the château of Rambouillet until 1821 The king also raised him to aristocratic rank211165
Jean Nicolas Sénéchalson-in-law of Louis Le Masson1788185264Sénéchal was an engineer and architect who married Louise Lemasson the youngest daughter of Louis Lemasson211165
Marie Louise Charlotte Sénéchaldaughter of Louis Le Masson1792185260211165
Caroline Amélie Louise Stéphanie de Boismareunknown1819186546Probably the granddaughter in law of Louis Lemasson211165
Louis Marie Victor de Boismaregrand son of Louis Le Masson1811186756son of Victorine Lemasson the elder daughter of Louis Lemasson and her first husband Jean Baptiste Boismare211165
Henriette Marie Gabrielle de Boismareunknown1841aged 2m211165
Henriette Caroline Gabrielle de Boismareunknown184618493211165
Henry d'Arrasunknown1924194521died for France211165
François d'Arrasunknown1921194423died in an extermination camp in Germany211165
Marie-Alex d'Arrasunknown1898197072wife of André d'Arras211165
André d'Arrasunknown1894198793211165

8RenaudPierre Joseph Renaud1751181665According to the inscription - he never left his king Boisrenaud followed the future Louis XVIII into exile during the revolution211166
Antoine Frédéric Joseph Renaudson of Pierre Joseph Renaud1794186975211166

9SansomFrances Sansom1782184967she was the daughter of Francis Magniac a Clerkenwell watchmaker and goldsmith with commercial export interests in China of French Hugenot descent Her mother was Frances Attwood She married Henry Sansom head of the banking firm Sansom and Co which failed in 1831 Her father and husband were friends of the artist Benjamin West211162
Charles Magniacbrother of Frances Sansom1824he made the family's fortune by developing the family export business in China - Magniac and Co which his brother Hollingworth Magniac eventually joined After Charles' death in Paris en route to relatives in Switzerland Hollingworth developed the family business and the firm contributed to the foundation of Jardine Matheson211162

10ThompsonThomas Thompson1754182874he was a businessman from Hull who began his career working for the father of William Wilberforce the anti-slavery campaigner Thompson married Philothea Perront Briggs and they built a country retreat Cottingham Castle in Yorkshire He was an active lay Methodist lay preacher and a supporter of Wilberforce and the Clapham sect He was MP for Midhurst in Sussex from 1807-1818 but remained chairman of Wilberforce Smith's Bank and Wilberforce's merchant house in Hull His son was Thomas Perronet Thompson Governor of Sierre Leone Thompson died in Paris on his first trip abroad accompanying his grandchildren211160


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