Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay | |
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Born | Adrien Gaston Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay 9 July 1854
Angleur, Belgium |
Died | 19 March 1938
Brussels, Belgium | (aged 83)
Nationality | Belgian |
Education | Faculty of Law of Paris |
Occupation | Industrialist |
Awards | Officer of the Legion of Honour |
Adrien Gaston Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay (9 July 1854 – 19 March 1938) was a Belgian industrialist and equestrian. He was appointed an officer of the Legion of Honour. [1]
Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay was born in Angleur on 9 July 1854, into a family with French bourgeois roots. He studied at the Faculty of Law of Paris, graduating in 1879.
He joined the Société des Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille-Montagne in 1877. He became secretary of the board of directors in 1884, and succeeded his father as managing director in 1890. [2]
Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay was president of the Chambre Française de Commerce et de l'Industrie de Belgique.
Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay competed in the equestrian mail coach event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. [3] [4]
He married a Russian countess, Hélène Bloudoff; [5] they had a daughter:
Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay died in Brussels on 19 March 1938. [4]
Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay | |
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Born | Adrien Gaston Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay 9 July 1854
Angleur, Belgium |
Died | 19 March 1938
Brussels, Belgium | (aged 83)
Nationality | Belgian |
Education | Faculty of Law of Paris |
Occupation | Industrialist |
Awards | Officer of the Legion of Honour |
Adrien Gaston Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay (9 July 1854 – 19 March 1938) was a Belgian industrialist and equestrian. He was appointed an officer of the Legion of Honour. [1]
Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay was born in Angleur on 9 July 1854, into a family with French bourgeois roots. He studied at the Faculty of Law of Paris, graduating in 1879.
He joined the Société des Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille-Montagne in 1877. He became secretary of the board of directors in 1884, and succeeded his father as managing director in 1890. [2]
Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay was president of the Chambre Française de Commerce et de l'Industrie de Belgique.
Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay competed in the equestrian mail coach event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. [3] [4]
He married a Russian countess, Hélène Bloudoff; [5] they had a daughter:
Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay died in Brussels on 19 March 1938. [4]