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4 unusual facts about Sylvain Van de Weyer


John Dodson, 2nd Baron Monk Bretton

Charles Brand (4th son of Mr. Speaker Brand) of Little Dene, near Lewes, by Alice Emma Sturgis, daughter of Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher

In 1879, Reginald Brett married Eleanor Van de Weyer, daughter of Belgian ambassador Sylvain Van de Weyer and granddaughter of Anglo-American financier Joshua Bates.

Sylvain Van de Weyer

They had two sons and five daughters, who were brought up in Marylebone and on their country estate at New Lodge in the parish of Winkfield in Berkshire.

His command of the English language resulted in him serving as a diplomatic representative of the revolutionaries.



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