Robert Perreau

(1734 c.-1776)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Perreau, Robert, d. 1776 DNB: Perreau, Robert (c.1734–1776), apothecary and forger LBT ID: RoPerre1776 VIAF ID: 98114563 LOC ID: n88244657	B/BAP: 1734 DIED: 1776-01-17
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With his brother Daniel he was a London merchant convicted of forgery before Sir John Fielding and hung before a crowd of thousands. Some believed the brothers were the victim of their female accuser.
REFERENCES TO Robert Perreau: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XXV. 1794-1800 Found 1: ¶ n1