page_title: Charles Dalbiac
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Dalbiac / Life
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraving of Durdans, country house near Epsom, Surrey, England.
context_page_description: Charles Dalbiac was an English Huguenot textile manufacturer. He was High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1784.
context_section_description: He was son of James D'Albiac, a Huguenot refugee, and younger brother of James Dalbiac (born 1720).
  In 1763 James and Charles Dalbiac occupied 20 Spital Square, in eastern London, as manufacturers of silk and velvet. Around 1764 Charles Dalbiac owned Durdans, a house, near Epsom, Surrey. It was rebuilt for him by William Newton, over the years 1764–8.
  Dalbiac by 1784 acquired Hungerford Park, from a Mr Waters. He had a new mansion built there, in the Italian style. He then sold it, in 1796, to John Willes.
caption: Durdans, Surrey, 1816 engraving
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