About Charles Dalbiac
Lived 1726 – 1808 (aged 81–82). Charles Dalbiac was a businessperson.
Charles Dalbiac (1726–1808) was an English Huguenot textile manufacturer. He was High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1784.
Life He was son of James D'Albiac, a Huguenot refugee, and younger brother of James Dalbiac (born 1720). Around 1764 Charles Dalbiac owned Durdans, a house, near Epsom, Surrey. It was rebuilt for him by William Newton, over the years 1764–1768.
Dalbiac by 1784 acquired Hungerford Park, from a Mr Waters. He had a new mansion built there, in the Italian style. He then sold it, in 1796, to John Willes. They had two daughters: Susannah, or Susan.
By his second wife, Ann Le Bas, he had three children: George. Harriet, married Sir James Pitcairn (1776–1859).
Anne Dalbiac, his widow, died in 1819 at age 72.
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textile manufacturer
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