House of Monchy

The House of Monchy is an ancient noble family originally from Picardy in northern France.[1]

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Former Mayor S. J. R. de Monchy puts the first spade into the ground at the Vegetable Market, The Hague, for the building of a new city hall.
Current regionFrance
Place of originPicardie
Salomon de Monchy, 1934

Notable members

  • Charles de Monchy d'Hocquincourt, 17th-century French military leader
  • François Willem de Monchy (1749–1796), physician at Rotterdam
  • Marinus and René de Monchy, of Rotterdam, 19th-century leading Dutch business men
  • Salomon de Monchy (1880–1961), burgomaster of Arnhem 1921 to 1934 and of The Hague 1934 to 1947
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References

  1. de la Chenaye Desbois, François Alexandre Aubert (1775). Dictionnaire de la noblesse ... de France. pp. 181–189. Retrieved 26 February 2016.


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