| Administrative History | Stephen Charles Triboudet Demainbray was born in 1710, the son of Stephen Triboudet who fled from France to Holland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and came to England with William of Orange (1650-1702). He took the name Demainbray after an uncle who looked after him after his father's early death. He studied at Leiden after attending Westminster School (London) and lectured at Edinburgh in experimental philosophy from 1740 to 1746, with a period as a volunteer in the army on the Hanoverian side at Prestonpans. He proceeded to lecture in Dublin, Bordeaux, Montpelier and Lyons before returning to England after the death of his wife in 1750, in which year he was awarded the degree of LL.D. by King's College and University of Aberdeen. Demainbray was tutor to the Prince of Wales from 1754 until his accession, and then to Queen Charlotte. Subsequently he held remunerative posts in the Customs, and was appointed astronomer at the Observatory established at Kew from 1768 until his death in 1782, where he was succeeded by his son, who remained there until it was given up in 1840. |
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