The Jolly family is a Belgian noble family originally from London whose proven male-line parentage dates back to 1799.Jean-François Houtart, Anciennes familles de Belgique, Recueil LXI de l'Association royale Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique, Brussels, 2008, p. 592.
Origins The Jolly family descends from London native Alexander Jolly and Marie-Françoise Moroy. Their son, Hubert, was president of the bar association of Brussels.
Members
Baron André Jolly (1799–1883), engineer, painter, military official, politician, member of the Provisional Government of Belgium (1830), commander of the Royal Headquarters, and Commissaris-General of War. Baron Oscar Jolly [fr] (1824–1902), Major general in the Belgian army. Viscount Ferdinand Jolly (1825–1893), lieutenant-general, aide-de-camp to King Léopold II and of Regent Surlet de Chokier. Viscount Hubert Jolly [fr] (1871–1940), lieutenant-general, aide-de-camp to Kings Albert I and Leopold III
Heraldry
Further reading
Oscar Coomans de Brachène, État présent de la noblesse belge, annuaire de 1976, 1st part, Hov - J, Collection "ETAT PRESENT" a. s. b. l., 1976, pp. 135–139. Biographie Nationale, XXXIII, pp. 412–416. Jean-François Houtart, Anciennes familles de Belgique, Recueil LXI de l'Association royale Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique, Brussels, 2008, p. 592.
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