BBC "Who Do You Think You Are?" Derek Jacobi (WDYTYA Series 12 Episode 3)

[Mowsehowse]

Tonight's programme should be exploring a Huguenot connection, so with any luck we may get a few clues regarding how to proceed with that line of enquiry.

I have read it is quite an interesting episode, fingers crossed. 

[StanleysChesterton]

I don't know who he is, but I'll be watching this, if I don't nod off.
They did the Huguenots in a previous series didn't they ....  and they're doing Frances de la Tour later in the series, who I think's also one. 
In the previous episode they explained what one was and traipsed round Ye Olde GraveYard.  It's a bunch of persecuted people (French Protestants), persecuted by religion, so they left. (Please excuse the technical terms there, I'm clearly well educated ..... to age 7).

[jan57]

I don't know who he is, but I'll be watching this, if I don't nod off.
They did the Huguenots in a previous series didn't they ....  and they're doing Frances de la Tour later in the series, who I think's also one. 
In the previous episode they explained what one was and traipsed round Ye Olde GraveYard.  It's a bunch of persecuted people (French Protestants), persecuted by religion, so they left. (Please excuse the technical terms there, I'm clearly well educated ..... to age 7).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jacobi   Sir Derek  Jacobi  ,    English    actor

[Mowsehowse]

Ummmmm....... yes.

Derek Jacobi is an Actor.

I believe they have covered Huguenots before on WDYTYA but at that stage I was not paying sufficient attention as I had not found any in my researches, but I suspect I may have done now, and really would like to know how to find out for sure.

And yes, French Protestants of the 16th and 17th centuries. Largely Calvinist, the Huguenots suffered severe persecution at the hands of the Catholic majority, and many thousands emigrated from France, many stopping off in the Channel Islands I believe, but also arriving in England bringing with them marvellous skills in various industries.  The best known is silk weaving I think.

[coombs]

Huguenot's well I have Huguenot blood so shall find this even more interesting.

[Mowsehowse]

Definitely plenty of history there!! And very interesting, though I am not entirely sure I would feel confident assuming that level of interpretation in my researches!!

Just how did Msr De La Plain amass £80,000 I wonder?

I also wonder if my chap was amongst the 10% in William lll's army? And I wonder how I could find out?

[jc26red]

At last! A good story and lots of very interesting genealogy finds, no jumping.... Other than to let the story unfold.

Thoroughly enjoyable.

[jaywit]

Ummmm

Armand Laplain married in 1846 and he was a whitesmith, illiterate, his father Joseph was said to be a Police Officer.

So in just over 100 years the family went from being Chaplin to the Duke if Devonshire to an illiterate whitesmith.

[Stanwix England]

I also wanted to know why this had happened and I was hoping it would have been covered in the programme. It would have been more interesting than finding out about his GG brother in law, which was the last 10 minutes or so.