Jolly family
Jolly family | |
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Place of origin | London |
Founded | 1799 |
Founder | Alexander Jolly |
Titles | Baron, Viscount |
Motto | Recte et fideliter (correctly and faithfully) |
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The Jolly family is a Belgian noble family originally from London whose proven male-line parentage dates back to 1799.[1]
Origins
[edit]The Jolly family descends from London native Alexander Jolly and Marie-Françoise Moroy. Their son, Hubert, was president of the bar association of Brussels.[1]
Members
[edit]- Baron André Jolly (1799–1883), engineer, painter, military official, politician, member of the Provisional Government of Belgium (1830), commander of the Royal Headquarters, and Commissaris-General of War.
- Baron Oscar Jolly [fr] (1824–1902), Major general in the Belgian army.
- Viscount Ferdinand Jolly (1825–1893), lieutenant-general, aide-de-camp to King Léopold II and of Regent Surlet de Chokier.
- Viscount Hubert Jolly [fr] (1871–1940), lieutenant-general, aide-de-camp to Kings Albert I and Leopold III
Heraldry
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Oscar Coomans de Brachène, État présent de la noblesse belge, annuaire de 1976, 1st part, Hov - J, Collection "ETAT PRESENT" a. s. b. l., 1976, pp. 135–139.
- Biographie Nationale, XXXIII, pp. 412–416.
- Jean-François Houtart, Anciennes familles de Belgique, Recueil LXI de l'Association royale Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique, Brussels, 2008, p. 592.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jean-François Houtart, Anciennes familles de Belgique, Recueil LXI de l'Association royale Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique, Brussels, 2008, p. 592.