Background
His father was Jurat Elie Dumaresq (1652-1754), Seigneur of Augrèson
His father was Jurat Elie Dumaresq (1652-1754), Seigneur of Augrèson
He attended Abingdon School and in 1730 entered Pembroke College and was a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.
Duraresq came from Trinity, Jersey in the Channel Islands. He became curate at Merton on Otmoor, Oxfordshire (1744) then chaplain at the English Factory at Street St. Petersburg (1746-1762). During that time he was elected to the Street St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, became fluent in Russian and was chaplain to Sir Charles Hanbury (1708-1759), British Ambassador to Street St. Petersburg.
He translated a book: An Account of that part of America which is nearest to Kamchatka, extracted from the Description by Professor Krasheninncoff, printed at St. Petersburg in 1759, and translated by the Review
Doctorate. Dumaresq. In his capacity as chaplain to the ambassador he employed a secretary, Stanislaus Poniatowski, who later became king of Poland. Upon his return to England he took the rectory of Yeovilton (1762-1805) with neighbouring Limington (1790-1802).
From there he was called upon to return to Russia and Poland to advise Catherine the Great (1762-1796) of Russia and Stanislaus II (1764-1795) King of Poland on educational matters. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1800 he donated his library of books to his native island, a founding benefaction of the Jersey Library.
Royal Society.