Ferdinand Baston de Lariboisière explained

Honorific Prefix:Count
Ferdinand Baston de Lariboisière
Birth Name:Ferdinand Marie Auguste Baston
Nationality:French
Birth Date:1 January 1856
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Relatives:Honoré-Charles Baston de Lariboisière (father); Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière (grandfather)
Awards:Legion of Honour
Office1:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start1:30 April 1882
Term End1:12 November 1885
Office2:Member of the Senate
Term Start2:7 January 1919
Term End2:23 December 1919
Office3:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start3:16 November 1919
Term End3:31 May 1928

Ferdinand Marie Auguste Baston, Count de Lariboisière (1 January 1856  - 3 May 1931) was a French military officer and politician. He served as mayor of Louvigné-du-Désert, and as a general councillor, deputy, and senator of Ille-et-Vilaine.[1] [2] He was appointed as a chevalier of the Legion of Honour.[3]

Personal life

Baston was born on 1 January 1856 in Paris, the son of Honoré-Charles Baston de Lariboisière, a military officer and politician.[1] [4] His grandfather was Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière, a general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

Baston died on 3 May 1931 in Paris.[1]

Politics

Baston was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a deputy for Ille-et-Vilaine in 1882. He was re-elected in October 1885 but resigned the following month.[4] In 1886, he was elected as a general councillor for Louvigné-du-Désert;[1] he also became mayor of the commune that year.

Baston returned to the French Parliament in 1906, this time being elected as a senator for Ille-et-Vilaine. He resigned as senator in 1919,[5] having been once again elected as a deputy; he was re-elected in 1924. He resigned as a general councillor in 1925, and retired from politics in 1928.[1]

Equestrian

Baston competed in the equestrian mail coach event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jolly . Jean . etal . Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1889–1940) . 1960–1977 . Presses universitaires de France . French.
  2. Web site: Ferdinand, Marie, Auguste Baston de Lariboisière . Assemblée nationale . 2 February 2022 . French.
  3. Web site: Baston, Comte de Lariboisière . Archives nationales . France . French . 2 February 2022.
  4. Book: Robert . Adolphe . Cougny . Gaston . Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789–1889) . 1889–1891 . Edgar Bourloton . French.
  5. Web site: Baston de Lariboisière . Sénat . French . 3 February 2022.
  6. Web site: Ferdinand de Lariboisière . Olympedia . 26 December 2020.
  7. Ferdinand de Lariboisière Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200408/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/ferdinand-count-de-lariboisiere-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 12 April 2020.