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]
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| Born | Adrien Gaston Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay 9 July 1854 Angleur, Belgium |
| Died | 19 March 1938 (aged 83) Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Education | Faculty of Law of Paris |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
| Awards | Officer of the Legion of Honour |
Personal life
editCalley 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.
Career
editHe 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.
Equestrian
editCalley Saint-Paul de Sinçay competed in the equestrian mail coach event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
Personal life
editHe married a Russian countess, Hélène Bloudoff;[5] they had a daughter:
- Marie-Antoinette Louise Anne Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay (b. 1885), who married Prince Albert de Ligne, a grandson of President of the Belgian Senate Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne and Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels.[6]
Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay died in Brussels on 19 March 1938.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Calley Saint-Paul de Sincay". Base Léonore. Archives Nationales. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Centenary of Vieille-Montagne". Engineering and Mining Journal. 139. McGraw Hill Publishing Company: 28. 1938. Retrieved 4 February 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ d'Hauterive, Borel (1882). Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe (in French). Vol. 38. Bureau de la publication. p. 275. Retrieved 4 February 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ Clutton-Brock, Oliver (19 February 2009). RAF Evaders: The Complete Story of RAF Escapees and their Escape Lines, Western Europe, 1940–1945. Casemate Publishers. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-908117-71-7. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
