De Fonblanque, Albany, 1829-1924

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Albany de Granier de Fonblanque was born in 1830, the son of John Samuel Martin Fonblanque who came of an ancient and noble Huguenot family. He attended Tonbridge School where he played cricket. In 1853, he was called to the bar and entered the foreign service. Fonblanque served in a number of legal and judicial posts in Egypt and Constantinople and served as consul in Colombia and the United States before retiring in 1892. In the meantime, he wrote several novels beginning with The Man of Fortune (1859). In addition, he contributed to numerous periodicals. Fonblanque died in 1924 in Brighton.

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referencedIn	Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Vol. LIX ( ff. 345 ). 18 Jan. 1864-23 Apr. 1875.includes:f. 1 Mrs F. Cecilia Tubbs, translator: Agreement with R. Bentley: 1864.: Signed.ff. 1-243 passim Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Agreements with authors and others: 1829-1871.: Mostly sign...	British Library
creatorOf	Forster, John, 1812-1876. Autograph letter signed : London, to [Albany] Fonblanque, 1850 Nov. 6.	Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn	Vol. LXV ( ff. 334 ). 30 Oct. 1890 -20 Mar. 1893.includes:ff. 1, 38, 59, 63, 151, 237 (signed), 247 Freiherr Christian Bernhard von Tauchnitz, publisher, of Leipzig: Agreements with R. Bentley and Son: 1872-1897.: Germ.ff. 3, 3b, 90, 90b, 160-161,...	British Library
referencedIn	Vol. XCVI ( ff. 293 ). 23 Mar. 1873 -1 Sept. 1909, n.d.includes:ff. 1, 3 (copy), 4, 8 (copy) Henry Schultess Schultess-Young, editor of Byron's letters: Correspondence with G. Bentley: 1871-1873.ff. 6, 10, 15 James Young, Independent minister, o...	British Library
creatorOf	De Fonblanque, Albany, 1829-1924,. Autograph letter signed from Albany De Fonblanque, New Orleans, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], [19th or 20th century].	Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn	John F. Glaser collection of historical autograph letters and manuscripts, 1739-1933.	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982	Houghton Library

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correspondedWith	Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899	person
associatedWith	Forster, John, 1812-1876.	person
associatedWith	Glaser, John F., collector.	person

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