The Huguenots Archives - Huguenot Jo https://huguenotjo.co.uk/category/the-huguenots/ Exploring the secrets of family history Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:53:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Egg hunt: seven Imperial Fabergé Eggs are missing https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/egg-hunt-seven-imperial-faberge-eggs-are-missing/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/egg-hunt-seven-imperial-faberge-eggs-are-missing/#respond Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:53:05 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51743 Russian master goldsmith Carl Fabergé (1846 – 1920) became a household name through his exquisite Easter eggs made of precious metals and opulent jewels.

Fabergé was descended from Huguenots on his father’s side, and exemplified the Huguenot contribution to craftmanship …

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]]> Russian master goldsmith Carl Fabergé (1846 – 1920) became a household name through his exquisite Easter eggs made of precious metals and opulent jewels.

Fabergé was descended from Huguenots on his father’s side, and exemplified the Huguenot contribution to craftmanship …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/egg-hunt-seven-imperial-faberge-eggs-are-missing/feed/ 0 Sanctuary – an ancient promise https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/sanctuary-an-ancient-promise/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/sanctuary-an-ancient-promise/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2023 18:29:40 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51717 Canterbury Cathedral is clearing its nave for a special contemplation of the meaning of Sanctuary.

Such an event seldom happens in Canterbury Cathedral.  Churches and cathedrals have always been places of sanctuary, but it’s a particularly pertinent theme in Canterbury, …

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]]> Canterbury Cathedral is clearing its nave for a special contemplation of the meaning of Sanctuary.

Such an event seldom happens in Canterbury Cathedral.  Churches and cathedrals have always been places of sanctuary, but it’s a particularly pertinent theme in Canterbury, …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/sanctuary-an-ancient-promise/feed/ 3 Huguenots – the very first refugees https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/huguenots-the-very-first-refugees/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/huguenots-the-very-first-refugees/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2022 11:08:50 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51640 On World Refugee Day – 20 June -  it’s worth remembering that the word “refugee” was coined to describe the Huguenots in their flight from religious persecution in France.

The countries to which they fled offered them refuge and thus …

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]]> On World Refugee Day – 20 June -  it’s worth remembering that the word “refugee” was coined to describe the Huguenots in their flight from religious persecution in France.

The countries to which they fled offered them refuge and thus …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/huguenots-the-very-first-refugees/feed/ 4 A chance to manage the Huguenot Museum in Rochester, Kent https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/a-chance-to-manage-the-huguenot-museum-in-rochester-kent/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/a-chance-to-manage-the-huguenot-museum-in-rochester-kent/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2022 14:41:27 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51552 A rare opportunity to re-launch and manage a museum is open to applicants until 24 April 2022.

The Huguenot Museum was temporarily mothballed during the pandemic, and now needs an entrepreneurial manager to lead its re-opening. This is the first …

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]]> A rare opportunity to re-launch and manage a museum is open to applicants until 24 April 2022.

The Huguenot Museum was temporarily mothballed during the pandemic, and now needs an entrepreneurial manager to lead its re-opening. This is the first …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/a-chance-to-manage-the-huguenot-museum-in-rochester-kent/feed/ 8 Too posh for the likes of us: the Great and the Good https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:46:24 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51538 We chose a fine, sunny Saturday to visit Canterbury Cathedral, although I am over-awed by the Church of England in all its forms so I was not in the best of moods.  Most Anglican clergy are too posh by far …

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]]> We chose a fine, sunny Saturday to visit Canterbury Cathedral, although I am over-awed by the Church of England in all its forms so I was not in the best of moods.  Most Anglican clergy are too posh by far …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/too-posh-for-the-likes-of-us-the-great-and-the-good/feed/ 8 Off to Canterbury, in pursuit of a French Chapel https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/off-to-canterbury-in-pursuit-of-a-french-chapel/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/off-to-canterbury-in-pursuit-of-a-french-chapel/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2022 13:53:58 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51489 The French Chapel at Canterbury Cathedral caught me by surprise - as the door was unlocked, I felt a surge of emotion.

A full account follows shortly, but here’s a photographic taster of the Cathedral and the Chapel within.

 …

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]]> The French Chapel at Canterbury Cathedral caught me by surprise - as the door was unlocked, I felt a surge of emotion.

A full account follows shortly, but here’s a photographic taster of the Cathedral and the Chapel within.

 …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/off-to-canterbury-in-pursuit-of-a-french-chapel/feed/ 2 End of an era for The Huguenots of Spitalfields https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/end-of-an-era-for-the-huguenots-of-spitalfields/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/end-of-an-era-for-the-huguenots-of-spitalfields/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:02:58 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51423 The Huguenots of Spitalfields, a charity set up by the boundlessly energetic Charlie de Wet, has announced its closure.

I have files and files of notes I took on Huguenots of Spitalfields outings.  I reckon the first one I went …

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]]> The Huguenots of Spitalfields, a charity set up by the boundlessly energetic Charlie de Wet, has announced its closure.

I have files and files of notes I took on Huguenots of Spitalfields outings.  I reckon the first one I went …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/end-of-an-era-for-the-huguenots-of-spitalfields/feed/ 6 Huguenot Heroes: Zoom Lecture on 23 November from 7.00pm to 8.00pm https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/huguenot-heroes-zoom-lecture-on-23-november-from-7-00pm-to-8-00pm/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/huguenot-heroes-zoom-lecture-on-23-november-from-7-00pm-to-8-00pm/#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2021 14:12:09 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51413 The Huguenots of Spitalfields have organised an art event which promises to be unique.

It’s a look at some of the famous Huguenots whose portraits now hang in the National Portrait Gallery.  “From Calvin to Churchill, Garrick to Garland, the …

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]]> The Huguenots of Spitalfields have organised an art event which promises to be unique.

It’s a look at some of the famous Huguenots whose portraits now hang in the National Portrait Gallery.  “From Calvin to Churchill, Garrick to Garland, the …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/huguenot-heroes-zoom-lecture-on-23-november-from-7-00pm-to-8-00pm/feed/ 3 The tears of the Huguenots: a virtual tour of Wandsworth on 18 February https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/the-tears-of-the-huguenots-a-virtual-tour-of-wandsworth-on-18-february/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/the-tears-of-the-huguenots-a-virtual-tour-of-wandsworth-on-18-february/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:10:25 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51374 If you live in London, you’ve probably driven through Wandsworth, cursing its one-way systems, staring at its dull architecture and nasty shop-fronts as you wait for the traffic to move, without ever seeing the signs of the Huguenots.

Even on …

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]]> If you live in London, you’ve probably driven through Wandsworth, cursing its one-way systems, staring at its dull architecture and nasty shop-fronts as you wait for the traffic to move, without ever seeing the signs of the Huguenots.

Even on …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/the-tears-of-the-huguenots-a-virtual-tour-of-wandsworth-on-18-february/feed/ 7 Joe Robinette Biden: Hey Joe, is that a Huguenot name there? https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/joe-robinette-biden-hey-joe-is-that-a-huguenot-name-there/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/joe-robinette-biden-hey-joe-is-that-a-huguenot-name-there/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2020 14:04:33 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=51222 Joe Biden’s middle name, Robinette, is enough to make any Huguenot researcher’s ears twitch; and, quick as a flash on his victory,  Facebook group Huguenot Heritage claimed him.

Biden himself has been self-effacing about his ancestry:  “It’s my grandmother …

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]]> Joe Biden’s middle name, Robinette, is enough to make any Huguenot researcher’s ears twitch; and, quick as a flash on his victory,  Facebook group Huguenot Heritage claimed him.

Biden himself has been self-effacing about his ancestry:  “It’s my grandmother …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/joe-robinette-biden-hey-joe-is-that-a-huguenot-name-there/feed/ 12 Making musical clocks in Blackfriars https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/making-musical-clocks-in-blackfriars/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/making-musical-clocks-in-blackfriars/#comments Sun, 26 May 2019 15:11:16 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=50993 A Protestant-made timepiece was chosen by historian Neil MacGregor to be one of twenty British Museum objects which best illustrate Shakespeare’s life and the background for his plays.

The rare musical clock, created by highly-skilled Flemish Protestant refugee Nicholas Vallin …

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]]> A Protestant-made timepiece was chosen by historian Neil MacGregor to be one of twenty British Museum objects which best illustrate Shakespeare’s life and the background for his plays.

The rare musical clock, created by highly-skilled Flemish Protestant refugee Nicholas Vallin …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/making-musical-clocks-in-blackfriars/feed/ 3 Cancer ward https://huguenotjo.co.uk/book-review/cancer-ward/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/book-review/cancer-ward/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2019 14:37:52 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=50932 I’ve been sitting in a cancer ward at the Royal Marsden Hospital, desperately relying on a Tudor detective novel to distract me. Nurses are putting cancer drugs into my child and it’s almost impossible to bear.

One of them catches …

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]]> I’ve been sitting in a cancer ward at the Royal Marsden Hospital, desperately relying on a Tudor detective novel to distract me. Nurses are putting cancer drugs into my child and it’s almost impossible to bear.

One of them catches …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/book-review/cancer-ward/feed/ 11 Versailles Series III: The Sun King and the Huguenots https://huguenotjo.co.uk/book-review/versailles-series-iii-the-sun-king-and-the-huguenots/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/book-review/versailles-series-iii-the-sun-king-and-the-huguenots/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2018 12:27:22 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=50878 …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/book-review/versailles-series-iii-the-sun-king-and-the-huguenots/feed/ 4 King Billy and the Bank https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/king-billy-and-the-bank/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/king-billy-and-the-bank/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:17:50 +0000 https://huguenotjo.co.uk/?p=50625 Protestant King William III set up the Bank of England in 1694 to fund wars against his Catholic French nemesis – King Louis XIV, the Sun King.  The first Governor of the Bank was Sir John Houblon, great-grandson of a …

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]]> Protestant King William III set up the Bank of England in 1694 to fund wars against his Catholic French nemesis – King Louis XIV, the Sun King.  The first Governor of the Bank was Sir John Houblon, great-grandson of a …

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]]> https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/king-billy-and-the-bank/feed/ 2 The Sign of a Huguenot https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/the-sign-of-a-huguenot/ https://huguenotjo.co.uk/the-huguenots/the-sign-of-a-huguenot/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2018 10:58:51 +0000 https://joyduval.wordpress.com/?p=27 04730024 (2)

I once walked into a Huguenots of Spitalfields Festival event where the name "JC Decaux" alone was projected onto a white screen at the front.  In common with everyone else, I thought: “Why do I know that name?”

We knew …

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I once walked into a Huguenots of Spitalfields Festival event where the name "JC Decaux" alone was projected onto a white screen at the front.  In common with everyone else, I thought: “Why do I know that name?”

We knew …

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