"However, the Victorians were so enamoured of the Huguenots that people of French origin who came to Britain for a variety of motives (not all of them honest!) claimed Huguenot ancestry.
William the Conqueror brought a whole raft of invaders and imposed Norman French on the legal system, so many people have names of French origin dating back to medieval times. Says Dr Kathy Chater, author and genealogist, "French people have, of course, been coming here for centuries for reasons other than religious persecution. The author, a descendent of the Huguenots He became a banker and merchant and settled in Essex besides me his descendants include the cricketer Bernard Bosanquet, inventor of bowling technique the 'googly', and his son Reginald, who became a much-loved television newsreader. My own surname heralds from the Languedoc region, from where a certain David Bosanquet fled in 1685. Andrieu/Andrews, Boulanger/Baker, Barbier/Barber, Delacroix/Cross, Reynard/ Fox, Le Cerf/Hart, LeBlancs/White).
As a result, many common English surnames have Huguenot roots (e.g.
In common with many refugees the Huguenots often changed their surnames to adapt to their new country, or were forced to change them due by impatient immigration officials. William the Conqueror (centre) brought a whole raft of invaders and imposed Norman French on the legal system, so many people have names of French origin dating back to medieval times.
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