OBITUARY: The Essex Chronicle, Friday, July 29, 1938, Page 7
THE DU CANES OF BRAXTED
The death has taken place in Paris of Mr. Charles Henry Copley Du Cane, of Les Rochers, Dinard. He was 74 years of age and the eldest son of the late Sir Charles Du Cane, of Braxted Park, Essex, who represented North Essex in Parliament from 1857 to 1868. The Du Cane family is of French extraction, in direct succession to John Du Quesne, who had in the sixteenth century to settle in England on account of persecution by Philip II of Spain. Richard Du Cane (1681-1744) great-great-grandson of John, was a Director of the Bank of England, M.P. for Colchester, and Lord of the Manors of Great and Little Coggeshall. Peter Du Cane, his son (1713-1803) was also a Director of the Bank of England, and High Sheriff of Essex in 1745. Mr. C. H. C. Du Cane sold Braxted Park in 1919 to Mr. W. W. Boulton, now M. P., for Central Sheffield, but retained a portion of the estate. He was elder brother of General Sir John P. Du Cane, and at one time held a commission in the Coldstream Guards.
THE DU CANES OF BRAXTED
The death has taken place in Paris of Mr. Charles Henry Copley Du Cane, of Les Rochers, Dinard. He was 74 years of age and the eldest son of the late Sir Charles Du Cane, of Braxted Park, Essex, who represented North Essex in Parliament from 1857 to 1868. The Du Cane family is of French extraction, in direct succession to John Du Quesne, who had in the sixteenth century to settle in England on account of persecution by Philip II of Spain. Richard Du Cane (1681-1744) great-great-grandson of John, was a Director of the Bank of England, M.P. for Colchester, and Lord of the Manors of Great and Little Coggeshall. Peter Du Cane, his son (1713-1803) was also a Director of the Bank of England, and High Sheriff of Essex in 1745. Mr. C. H. C. Du Cane sold Braxted Park in 1919 to Mr. W. W. Boulton, now M. P., for Central Sheffield, but retained a portion of the estate. He was elder brother of General Sir John P. Du Cane, and at one time held a commission in the Coldstream Guards.
OBITUARY: The Essex Chronicle, Friday, July 29, 1938, Page 7
THE DU CANES OF BRAXTED
The death has taken place in Paris of Mr. Charles Henry Copley Du Cane, of Les Rochers, Dinard. He was 74 years of age and the eldest son of the late Sir Charles Du Cane, of Braxted Park, Essex, who represented North Essex in Parliament from 1857 to 1868. The Du Cane family is of French extraction, in direct succession to John Du Quesne, who had in the sixteenth century to settle in England on account of persecution by Philip II of Spain. Richard Du Cane (1681-1744) great-great-grandson of John, was a Director of the Bank of England, M.P. for Colchester, and Lord of the Manors of Great and Little Coggeshall. Peter Du Cane, his son (1713-1803) was also a Director of the Bank of England, and High Sheriff of Essex in 1745. Mr. C. H. C. Du Cane sold Braxted Park in 1919 to Mr. W. W. Boulton, now M. P., for Central Sheffield, but retained a portion of the estate. He was elder brother of General Sir John P. Du Cane, and at one time held a commission in the Coldstream Guards.
THE DU CANES OF BRAXTED
The death has taken place in Paris of Mr. Charles Henry Copley Du Cane, of Les Rochers, Dinard. He was 74 years of age and the eldest son of the late Sir Charles Du Cane, of Braxted Park, Essex, who represented North Essex in Parliament from 1857 to 1868. The Du Cane family is of French extraction, in direct succession to John Du Quesne, who had in the sixteenth century to settle in England on account of persecution by Philip II of Spain. Richard Du Cane (1681-1744) great-great-grandson of John, was a Director of the Bank of England, M.P. for Colchester, and Lord of the Manors of Great and Little Coggeshall. Peter Du Cane, his son (1713-1803) was also a Director of the Bank of England, and High Sheriff of Essex in 1745. Mr. C. H. C. Du Cane sold Braxted Park in 1919 to Mr. W. W. Boulton, now M. P., for Central Sheffield, but retained a portion of the estate. He was elder brother of General Sir John P. Du Cane, and at one time held a commission in the Coldstream Guards.
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