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Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832–1914), Indian-born Anglo-Irish leader of the East India Company Army from an old Waterford family, of Huguenot origin. [473] Barry St. Leger, British officer; Henri Salmide (real name Heinz Stahlschmidt) (1919–2010), German military officer who became hero by refusing to obey orders to destroy ...
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.
The Huguenot Cemetery (Irish: Reilig na nÚgóineach, French: Cimetière huguenot de Dublin) is a small cemetery dating from 1693 [1] located near St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland, beside the Shelbourne Hotel.
Fifteen or more Huguenot families who were driven from France as religious refugees settled on the ashes of Bennet's colony, and the settlement was unique among the Huguenot settlements in Ireland in that the French language survived, being used in church services till the 1820s and continuing to be taught in the town school.
Huguenot Cemetery was created between 1710 and 1733 as a cemetery for the Huguenot inhabitants in the city of Cork. [1] It is believed to be one of the last two surviving Huguenot graveyards in western Europe.
Culbert is a personal name that seems to have originated in Europe. The earliest records for this surname are found in England, Scotland, and Ireland. The use of surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England, heritable surnames started to form in the 11th century, and were common in most areas by 1400. [1]
Anglicisation of non-English-language names was common for immigrants, or even visitors, to English-speaking countries. An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England.
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.