Alfred David Augustus d'Espinassy de Fontanelle

Alfred David Augustus d'Espinassy de Fontanelle (28 April 1827 – January 1882) was an Anglo-French military officer and nobleman. Family Alfred David Augustus D'Espinassy de Fontanelle was born in England to Blaire Marius d'Espinassy de Fontanelle who was the 4th Marquis of Fontanelle, and his mother the Lady Maria Capell who was a granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Essex. His parents met at the famous ball held in Brussels the night before the Battle of Waterloo. His paternal grandfather was Antoine Joseph Marie d'Espinassy who was a member of the council that decided the fate of Louis XVI of France in his trial after the French Revolution. His maternal grandfather was John Thomas Capell, half-brother of George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex. On 27 April 1881, at Kiltoom church in County Roscommon, Ireland, D'Espinassy de Fontanelle married Lucy Stuart, daughter of Capt. Thomas Stuart and Lucy Bland, of Combermere, Glanmire, County Cork. Lucy was a great-niece of the Indophile Charles "Hindoo" Stuart".