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In 1627, France's Cardinal Richelieu began the siege of the Huguenot fortress at La Rochelle with royal troops.
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His family was of French Huguenot stock, and was said to have been in South Africa since the 1760s.
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In 1629, the Peace of Alais ended the Huguenot revolt in France.
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Garrick had been brought up in Lichfield, but there was precious little money in the family, who were originally Huguenot refugees from France.
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Though natural disasters and political instability played a part, the influx was driven more by economics than were the Huguenot and Jewish ones.
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Their first stop was Germany, specifically Gates's Huguenot House in Kassel.
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Post-tour, treat yourself to a traditional Lowcountry lunch of such favourites as okra or she-crab soup, shrimp and grits, collard greens, and Huguenot torte at The Middleton Place Restaurant.
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The residences that line her street, where fellow artists Gilbert and George also live, were built in 1729 for the Huguenot silk weavers who had settled in London and as such are Grade II listed and protected.
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In place of the kosher butchers, fish-fryers, boot-makers, furriers and tailors who lined Brick Lane itself a century ago, and the weavers and cheese-makers of Huguenot days, there are now sari centres, halal restaurants and vendors of exotic produce.
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She was also a Huguenot.
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Millais's captivating scenes from drama, the Bible and poetry deservedly remain among his most famous pieces, each revealing a visionary sensibility in search of a pictorial solution the supernaturalism of his green, batwinged sprites in "Ferdinand Lured by Ariel" (after Shakespeare's "The Tempest"), the extraordinary brick backdrop for the tender lovers in "The Huguenot" (inspired by Meyerbeer's opera "Les Huguenots").
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