David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ He represented himself as having devoted “ten years to the education of young gentlemen of quality.” His claim for relief was failing health; he had impaired his sight; was a sufferer from pains and weaknesses in the eyes and head, partly arising from irregularity as to his meals and a sedentary life. The Lord Treasurer Godolphin obtained for him the Queen’s Letter to the Earl of Wharton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, dated 26th April 1710, for a pension of 3s. ”

“ The Earl of Shaftesbury wrote to Des Maizeaux, from Rotterdam, 2d November 1703, “I am sorry you were not present with Monsieur St. Evremont at his death; however the mark he has placed on you of his esteem and friendship will, I hope, be of advantage to you in making you known and valued.” Another highly educated French refugee united with him in the publication of St. ”

“ The tenth volume contains all his loose papers, chiefly notes jotted from books at the time of reading them. In the ninth volume are the letters from his father and mother to him, and certificates and documents of a personal nature.
Pierre Des Maizeaux was born in 1673. His father was Mr. Louis Des Maizeaux, Pasteur of Paillat in Auvergne; his mother’s maiden name was Madelaine Dumonteil. The family became refugees in Switzerland, the father settling as the pastor of Avenche in the Canton of Berne. ”