| Eduard Bally | |
| Birth Name: | Peter Eduard Bally |
| Term Start: | 1 December 1902 |
| Term End: | 2 December 1917 |
| Office: | Member of the National Council (Switzerland) |
| Constituency: | Canton of Solothurn |
| Education: | Old Cantonal School Aarau |
| Occupation: | Industrialist and politician |
| Children: | 4, including Iwan |
| Birth Date: | 11 August 1847 |
| Birth Place: | Schönenwerd, Switzerland |
| Death Place: | Schönenwerd, Switzerland |
Peter Eduard Bally colloquially Eduard Bally (11 August 1847 – 24 July 1926) was a Swiss industrialist, philanthropist and politician who served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 1902 to 1917.[1] He was the older son of Carl Franz Bally who founded the Bally (fashion house) in 1851.
Bally was born 11 August 1847 in Schönenwerd, Switzerland, the older of two sons, to Carl Franz Bally and Cécile Bally (née Rychner). He was the grandson of Peter Bally (1783–1849), a silk ribbon manufacturer of Austrian descent. He graduated from Old Cantonal School Aarau and completed a technical apprenticeship at Bally followed by a commercial apprenticeship with a private bank in Geneva. He educated himself on the American industry standards with stays in the United States (1869–70 and 1872 and 1876).[2]
In 1874, Bally married Lisette Charlotte Elise "Marie" Prior (1849–1923), a daughter of Johann Prior, a pastor, and Helene Prior (née Detmer), of Lower Saxony in the German Empire. They had four children:
Bally died on 24 July 1926 in Schönenwerd, Switzerland aged 78.
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