David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ Etienne de Teissier, son of the latter, took refuge in Switzerland. James and Stephen de Teissier, who came to England in 1712, were that refugee’s sons, and the English family springs from James and from the heir of James, namely, Louis de Teissier, Esq., of Woodcote Park, near Epsom (born 1735, died 1811) , a merchant prince of the city of London. This Mr. De Teissier showed munificent hospitality and manifold beneficence to the fugitives from France in 1789. ”

“ It is to specify but a portion of his generosity if we mention his supporting six Roman Catholic refugee priests for ten years, and promoting the resolves of the Prince de Broglie and the Baron D’Estrées to earn their livelihood by honourable toil. ”