David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ La Touche. — An old history of Dublin justly observes, “The moral qualities brought and exercised by the refugees and their descendants proved the most valuable acquisition to Dublin; their names are to be found among the promoters of all our religious and charitable institutions. And one is so conspicuous that notice would be superfluous and eulogy impertinent — who does not know, and knowing, not prize, the excellent family of La Touche?” The refugee in 1686 (aged fifteen) belonged to the family of the Seigneurs de La Touche whose surname was Digues ”

“ No man ever deserved better at the hands of the Arabs, or was more highly respected and esteemed among them, than Mr. La Touche. His wonderful humanity and boundless generosity to the unhappy captives of Zebur had gained him their warmest affection. ”

“ We must now return to James, the refugee’s second son. The business which he inherited prospered under him; he was the author of “Observations on the Embargo lately laid on the Exports of Beef, Pork, and Butter from Ireland.” By an arrangement with his elder brother, he adopted the double surname of “Digges La Touche;” he married in 1735 Elizabeth, daughter of David Chaigneau, Esq., and secondly, in 1743, Matilda Thwaites; he had five sons, two of whom were William Digges La Touche of Sans-Souci, and Peter Digges La Touche of Belfield. ”