Category: Forsyth de Fronsac Fraud

Categories: Frauds and Fabrications | Charles Henry Browning Fraud


"Forsyth de Fronsac" is an entirely fabricated name. No such name existed, except in the mind and writings of Frederick Gilman Forsyth, who called himself "Frédéric Forsyth de Fronsac", and often published as "F.G. Forsyth", or, simply, "Forsyth de Fronsac" (his appropriated alias name).

Forsyth was the author of numerous books, published between 1878 and 1925, including fraudulent genealogies claiming specific , yet false, ancestral connection to, for instance, Acadian Governor Nicolas Denys [1], and English Parliamentarian Henry Hamilton, and so to their illustrious ancestors. Falsified genealogies and other historical data include, in whole or part, most notably:

  • "Heraldic Considerations" by Viscount de Fronsac; Americana magazine; The National Americana Society; ie: 1909-1915. 1911, Hathitrust,1909-1915, LDS
  • Other works.[2]


"From 1878 until his death in 1925, he published more than 30 books and articles in which he speaks at length about the Aryan Order and the College of Arms... Studies reveal that Forsyth de Fronsac advocated a monarchist, antidemocratic and racist-tinged ideology that underlined all of his actions, both in the United States and Canada... The same blend of wild imagination and absolute disregard for consistency pervades the whole works of Forsyth de Fronsac, whether he revisits his life, the story of his family, or the history of North America..." The Aryan Order of America and the College of Arms of Canada 1880-1937', by Yves Drolet; Montreal, Canada, 2015, p. 25.English version

Forsyth found a partner in crime in Aryan Order of America member and fellow author of false lineages, Genealogist Charles Henry Browning, to further perpetrate fraudulent lineage. (See Category: Charles Henry Browning Fraud).[3].

This category is a location to identify the profiles of people whose biographies and family histories have been affected (or in some cases may have been affected) by Forsyth's fabrications. "Affected" is the operative word -- listing in this category does NOT mean that the profile itself is fraudulent; hopefully it is listed because the fabrication has been identified and corrected.


Person Profiles (60)

A

abt 1525 Touraine, France - bef Jun 1570
abt 1500 - abt 01 Oct 1586

B

abt 1738 - bef 1770
22 Jul 1759 - 14 Jul 1834

C

14 Oct 1875 Sutton, Georgina Township, York County, Ontario, Canada - 02 Dec 1956 photo
13 Dec 1750 Saint Antoine de Tilly, Lotbiniere, Canada, Nouvelle-France - 18 Jan 1825
23 Nov 1850 Georgina Township, Ontario - 21 May 1918 photo
15 Apr 1826 Lac Ste Com - 03 Jun 1914

D

Sep 1870 Wantage, Berkshire, United Kingdom - 1952
12 Jan 1600 Tours, Touraine, France - 11 Nov 1678
18 Apr 1887 Aytré, Charente-Inférieure, France - 30 Apr 1972
23 Oct 1860 Aytré, Charente-Inférieure, France - 17 Feb 1948
abt 1561 Tours, Touraine, France - 18 May 1631
22 Jan 1889 Aytré, Charente-Inférieure, France - 12 Mar 1976
abt 1470 Honfleur, Normandie, France
31 Oct 1690 Quebec city, Canada, Nouvelle-France - aft Aug 1709
02 Aug 1675 Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France - 24 Mar 1741
abt Jun 1645 La Rochelle, Aunis, France - abt 04 Jan 1654
1643 La Rochelle, Aunis, France - bef 01 Jun 1687
25 Sep 1800 - aft 1849
1490 Tours, Touraine, France

D cont.

abt 1525 Touraine, France - 11 Sep 1584
bef 02 Jun 1603 Tours, Touraine, France - bef Jul 1688
13 Jul 1722 Port La Joie, Isle St Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-France - 23 Apr 1781
abt 29 Aug 1647 La Rochelle, Aunis, France - abt 1691
24 Mar 1841 Saint-André-d’Argenteuil, Quebec - 1924 photo
abt 09 Jun 1763 Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada - abt 19 Feb 1840
abt 1605 Tours, Touraine, France - bef 30 Jul 1645
06 Aug 1721 Montréal, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France - 01 Aug 1773
16 Apr 1622 St-Saturnin de Tours, Touraine, France - 09 Dec 1670

E

Jan 1675 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland - May 1732 photo

F

18 Jul 1855 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States - 02 Nov 1925
abt 1700 Scotland - 06 Sep 1791
19 Sep 1776 Deering, Hillsborough, New Hampshire - 21 Dec 1849
abt 1819 St. John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada - 11 Jun 1891 photo

H

abt 1543 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 03 May 1621 photo
17 May 1590 Carrowrosse, Dromahaire, Leitrim, Ireland - 31 Mar 1647
1642 Dromahaire, Leitrim, Ireland - 16 Sep 1723
Feb 1692 - 03 Jun 1743
abt 1519 Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland - aft 22 Jan 1575 photo

H cont.

1537 Firth Clyde, Bute, Scotland - 1609 photo

J

abt 1832 Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA - 20 May 1898

L

abt 1617 La Rochelle, Aunis, France - aft 17 Dec 1650
abt 1500 Saint-Siméon, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
18 Apr 1671 Trois-Rivières, Canada, Nouvelle-France - 15 Jul 1703
abt 31 Oct 1640 Thury-Harcourt, Calvados, France - 25 Oct 1697
31 Oct 1640 Trois-Rivières, Canada, Nouvelle-France - abt Jul 1705

M

10 Jul 1735 Kittery, York, Maine - 19 Jun 1812
06 Mar 1694 Hilston Park, Monmouthshire, Wales - Apr 1750 photo
abt 1797 Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts, USA - 26 Aug 1863
27 Jul 1776 Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 01 Feb 1842
14 May 1712 Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal, Canada, Nouvelle-France - 05 May 1786
05 Feb 1716 Pointe-aux-Trembles de Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France - 30 Jul 1755

S

abt 1551 Seton, East Lothian, Scotland - 10 Feb 1616 photo
bef May 1452 Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland - abt May 1488 photo

T

1960s Privacy Level: Private (Red) photo Active member18056

U

abt 01 Feb 1675 New Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales - abt 01 May 1732

V

18 May 1590 Llwydiarth, Montgomeryshire, Wales - 29 Mar 1661




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