Bosquet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bosquet family

The surname Bosquet was first found in Essex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But many more family surnames would arrive from the continent after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in the reign of Louis XIV and this Huguenot family name was first referenced in the year 1685 when John and David Bosanquet came to England from their native Languedoc in the south of France and settled in Forest House in Essex.

Early History of the Bosquet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bosquet research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1455, 1487, 1769 and 1850 are included under the topic Early Bosquet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bosquet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bosanquet, Bosanket, Bosanqet, Bosquet and others.

Early Notables of the Bosquet family

Notable in the family at this time was Charles Bosanquet (1769-1850), English governor of the South Sea Company, "member of a Huguenot family of successful London merchants, and was the second son of Samuel Bosanquet, of...
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Bosquet Ranking

In France, the name Bosquet is the 3,192^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Bosquet family to Ireland

Some of the Bosquet family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 55 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bosquet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bosquet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Eug Bosquet, who arrived in Arkansas in 1886 2

Historic Events for the Bosquet family +

HMS Hood

Mr. Cecil E Le Bosquet (b. 1915), English Able Seaman serving for the Royal Navy from Leytonstone, Essex, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 3

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour, Men Lost in the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood, 24th May 1941. (Retrieved 2016, July 15) . Retrieved from http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/roh_24may41.htm