Jules Pastré (12 April 1809 – 21 May 1899) was a French banker, businessman and equestrian. He was a board member of the Anglo-Egyptian Bank and co-founder of Eaux du Caire, a water distribution company in Cairo.
Jules Pastré | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pierre Jules 12 April 1809 |
| Died | 21 May 1899 (aged 90) |
| Occupation(s) | Banker, businessman, equestrian |
| Spouse | Betzi Schutz |
| Children | Pierre Pastré Berthe Pastré Thérèse Pastré Christine Pastré |
| Relatives | Amélie Pastré (sister) Jean Joseph Pastré (brother) Jean-Baptiste Pastré (brother) Eugène Pastré (brother) |
Biography
editEarly life
editJules Pastré was born on 12 April 1809,[1] in Marseille.[2] His father, Jean-François Pastré (1758-1821), was a tanner and a shipowner.[3] His mother was Eugénie Pastré (1776-1862).[3] He had a sister, Amélie Pastré (1800-1880), and three brothers: Jean Joseph Pastré (1801-1861), Jean-Baptiste Pastré (1804-1877), and Eugène Pastré (1806–1868).
Career
editPastré became in Egypt, where he joined his brother Jean-Baptiste. In 1843, Jules was appointed as one of seven intendent within the Egyptian Health Department to oversee how it was run.[4] In 1865, with Nubar Pasha, he co-founded Eaux du Caire, a water distribution company in Cairo.[5]
In the 1850s, Pastré served on the Board of Directors of a steam-tug company active on the Mahmoudiyah Canal for the first time since the contract between Prussian Baron de Pentz and the Pasha came to an end due to a disagreement.[6] Other Board members included Alexander G. Cassavetti, Ange Adolphe Levi, Alexander Tod, and Moise Valensin.[6] Pastré also served on the Board of Directors of Compagnie Medjidié, a steam shipping company meant to connect all harbours of the Red Sea.[6] The company was founded by Mustapha Bey and co-chaired by Abdallah Bey.[6] Other Board directors included Messrs. de Dumreicher, Hassan Kamil Bey, Ismail Fevzi Bey, Ange Adolphe Levi, Moukhtar Bey, S. W. Ruyssenaers, Said Effendi, Hugh Thurburn, and N. Zaccali.[6]
As a banker, he served on the board of directors of the Anglo-Egyptian Bank.[7][8][9][10] Other board members included his brother Jean-Baptiste Pastré, George Gordon Macpherson, Samuel Laing, Edward Masterman, Alfred Devaux, and Giovanni Sinadino.[7] Later, Samuel Laing was replaced by Robert Edmund Morrice.[8][9] In Random variables, Nathaniel de Rothschild explains that shortly after British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli decided to no longer support Khedivate of Egypt, Pastré failed to "float a loan" in 1873.[11]
Equestrianism
editHe competed in race horses alongside Ferdinand de Lesseps.[12][13]
Personal life
editHe married Elisabeth Nancy Schutz in 1835. They had four children:
- Pierre Pastré.
- Berthe Pastré.
- Thérèse Pastré.
- Christine Pastré.
Death
editHe died on 21 May 1899 in Paris, at 51 avenue Montaigne (8e).[14]
References
edit- ^ [1] Archived April 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine acte naissance AD13 p. 17/40
- ^ his birth certificate said he is declare as a female
- ^ a b Michael Stephen Smith, The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800-1930, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006, p. 44 [2]
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1843, Volume 54, pp. 390-391 [3]
- ^ Samir Saul, La France et l'Egypte de 1882 a 1914, Paris: Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique, Comité pour l’histoire économique et financière de la France, 1997 [4]
- ^ a b c d e William Harrison Ainsworth, The New Monthly Magazine, London: Chapman and Hall, 1853, pp. 3-4 [5]
- ^ a b The Railway News, Volume 2, 1864, p. 85
- ^ a b The London Banks, Credit, Discount and Finance Companies, 1868, p. 2 [6]
- ^ a b The Joint Stock Companies Directory for 1867, London: Charles Barker & Sons, 1867, p. 1344
- ^ Bankers' Magazine, Journal of the Money Market, and Commercial Digest, Volume 32, London: Richard Groombridge, 1872, p. 504 [7]
- ^ Nathaniel de Rothschild, Random Variables, London: Collins, 1984, p. 197 [8]
- ^ La Terre et la vie, Société national de protection de la nature et d'acclimatation de France, 1865, Volume 12, p. 618 [9]
- ^ Eugène Daumas, Les chevaux du Sahara et les moeurs du désert, pp. 33-34 [10]
- ^ [11] acte décès p. 21/29