Family
Albany Fonblanque was descended from a noble French Huguenot family, the de Greniers of Languedoc, and was born in London.
John de Grenier Fonblanque, a banker, had been naturalized in England under the name of Fonblanque; and his son, John Anthony Fonblanque, was Albany's father. Albany's mother, Frances Caroline Fitzgerald, was a granddaughter of Colonel Samuel Martin of Antigua, West Indies and niece of Samuel Martin (Secretary to the Treasury). Her brother was the poet, William Thomas Fitzgerald.
Albany Fonblanque married Caroline Keane. They had a daughter and three sons.
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