Ninth Generation

355. Louis Antoine d'Aubigny d' (Tony) ENGELBRONNER⁸² was born on 4 Sep 1877 in 's-Gravenhage, ZH, NL. He was a merchant. Louis owned the estate Redleaf in Penshurst, Kent, England were he died around 1951. He was a member of the Carlton Club in London.

Louis spent his youth and school years in the USA and Great Britain. In 1892 he entered the College of Commerce in ´s Gravenhage, NL and after graduating he became a merchant. He also worked a few years in the Dutch East Indies. He was a successful merchant and did financially well, especially in the diamant trade. After he married Anna Sumner, of a wealthy American family, they decided to settle in England and acquired the British nationality. In the second worldwar Louis, because he spoke German, was given a military commision as interrogator of the German prisoners of war. During the second part of the war the Redleaf manor was used by the army to encamp part of a battalion and the family lived in one of the houses on the estate. Uncle Louis was an active member of the Carlton Club and knew Churchill well.


He was a merchant. Louis owned the estate Redleaf in Penshurst, Kent, England were he died around 1951. He was a member of the Carlton Club in London.

Louis spent his youth and school years in the USA and Great Britain. In 1892 he entered the College of Commerce in ´s Gravenhage, NL and after graduating he became a merchant. He also worked a few years in the Dutch East Indies. He was a successful merchant and did financially well, especially in the diamant trade. After he married Anna Sumner, of a wealthy American family, they decided to settle in England and acquired the British nationality. In the second worldwar Louis, because he spoke German, was given a military commision as interrogator of the German prisoners of war. During the second part of the war the Redleaf manor was used by the army to encamp part of a battalion and the family lived in one of the houses on the estate. Uncle Louis was an active member of the Carlton Club and knew Churchill well.

Louis Antoine d'Aubigny d' (Tony) ENGELBRONNER and Anna Chickering SUMNER were married on 22 Oct 1907 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Anna Chickering SUMNER (daughter of Edward Alleyne SUMNER and Florence Amelia BINGHAM) was born on 22 Oct 1879 in Jackson, Michigan, USA. She died in 1950. Louis Antoine d'Aubigny d' (Tony) ENGELBRONNER and Anna Chickering SUMNER had the following children:

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Dorothy Alleyne d'Aubigny d' ENGELBRONNER.