Dumaresq family

The Dumaresq family was a patrician family in the Channel Islands with a particularly strong presence in Jersey. The family would hold many offices and positions throughout the history of Jersey from the 13th century.

Origins
The family is said to come from Norman origins where the original members of the family arrived in Jersey; however, the family is first mentioned in Jersey during the year 1292 on the Exchequer, 21 Edward I, where it mentions a Jordan Du Maresq who was a Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey.

Titles
The Dumaresq family held the following titles:


 * Seigneur of Augres
 * Seigneur of La Haule
 * Seigneur of Samarès
 * Seigneur of Vincheles de Bas

Notable Members

 * Rev. Daniel Dumaresq FRS
 * Rear-Admiral John Saumarez Dumaresq CB, CVO
 * Elias Dumaresq, 5th Seigneur of Augres
 * John Dumaresq, Seigneur of Vincheles de Bas
 * Lieutenant Colonel John Dumaresq
 * Elias Dumaresq, 3rd Seigneur des Augres
 * Sir John Dumaresq
 * Captain Philip Dumaresq, Seigneur of Samarès
 * Captain Philip Dumaresq (Captain of HMS Victory)
 * Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dumaresq (1792–1838)
 * Elizabeth Dumaresq (wife of Sir Ralph Darling, Governor of New South Wales)
 * Admiral Thomas Dumaresq (1729–1802)
 * Thomas Dumaresq, Seigneur of Vinchelez de Bas and of Gorge
 * Henry Dumaresq, Seigneur of Samarès
 * Charles Dumaresq, Lieutenant Bailiff of Jersey (1712–1713)
 * Captain William John Dumaresq (1793–1868)
 * Captain Edward Dumaresq (1802–1906)
 * Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq KSS
 * James Dumaresq
 * Edward Dumaresq
 * Dandelle Marie Dumaresq (1636–1694), mother of Rear Admiral Thomas Le Hardy and great-grandmother of Wenman Coke, ancestor of the Earls of Leicester, Sarah, Duchess of York, the Earls of Suffolk and Berkshire, the Earls of Dartmouth and the Earls Howe.