He was born in England, whither the artist's grandfather had fled to escape the Revolution and the guillotine, returning to France in 1816. His grandmother was a bourgeoise, by name Bruaire, a descendant of Jean bart, the admiral.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood
The French themselves had easy going, swinging up from Jean bart House across some trench works and through a cluster of blockhouses.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
On arriving at the Castle, a sealed packet addressed Sir Digby Norcott, bart.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever