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Meet the Descendants

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

2/4. Barbara Buttimer is a descendant of the Gruebers, Huguenot immigrants who became gunpowder manufacturers in Kent in 1865. Historian Jim Walvin explores the story of this entrepreneurial family, the history of gunpowder and of the Huguenot immigration into Britain and Ireland.

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Buttimer
Unknown:
Jim Walvin
Producer:
Colin Davies
Source: Radio Times

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