Background
And was descended from one of the Huguenots who had settled in Holland.
And was descended from one of the Huguenots who had settled in Holland.
In 1760, when he was about 21 years, he went to Ireland to join family members there. Beranger opened a print shop and artist"s warehouse at 5 South Great George"s Street, Dublin, and followed the profession of an artist. Charles Vallancey and William Conyngham became his patrons and found him a government situation in the Dublin exchequer office.
In later life Beranger was financially independent, after a bequest from his brother-in-law.
He died at the age of 88, and was interred in the French burial-ground in Dublin.