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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.
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.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Bosanquet, Bosanket, Bosanqet, Bosquet and others.
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...
Another 35 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bosquet Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In France, the name Bosquet is the 3,192nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1
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.