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The investment bank owned by the family, Boissevain & Company (with offices in New York and Amsterdam) was acquired by Hallgarten & Company in January 1926. It had been in existence for around 25 years. [citation needed] The house of Willem Frederik Lamoraal Boissevain (1852–1919) in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia)
Of the same Huguenot family that produced the famous French Admiral, Marquis Abraham Duquesne, Jean Du Quesne was also the patriarch of its English branch, which came to be known as "Du Cane" (an early 17th-century anglicization of the original family name) and included several prominent men of business and politics.
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Some Huguenot descendants in the Netherlands may be noted by French family names, although they typically use Dutch given names. Due to the Huguenots' early ties with the leadership of the Dutch Revolt and their own participation, some of the Dutch patriciate are of part-Huguenot descent.
Julian Jarrold (1960–), English film-maker, descended from the prominent Jarrold's family of Norwich, known for the department store and publishing businesses, family of Huguenot or Dutch descent. [196] Dakota Johnson (1989–), American actress and model, daughter of Don Johnson. [197] [198] Don Johnson (1949–), American actor. [197]
Because the Stellenbosch Infantry was composed mainly of French Huguenots, and given Dirk Coetzee/Coetsee's high status in the Huguenot-Cape Dutch colony, Coetzee/Coetsee became involved in organizing a revolt against the Dutch Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel, under the leadership of Adam Tas and Henning Hüsing, who charged the Governor ...
The family of Verschoyle (Verschuyl) were Dutch Huguenots who emigrated from the Spanish Netherlands to Ireland in 1568, having suffered from religious persecution. [1] [2] Other accounts state that they travelled to Ireland with William of Orange, and later married into ancient Irish clans.
The family was established in the 15th century from French, Belgian and Dutch ancestries in the province of South Holland. They acquired their status of nobility during the time of William III of Orange and became an influential families of the Dutch royal court. In the late 17th century the family branched out and migrated to Belgium and Germany.