Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay explained

Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay
Birth Name:Adrien Gaston Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay
Nationality:Belgian
Education:Faculty of Law of Paris
Occupation:Industrialist
Birth Date:9 July 1854
Birth Place:Angleur, Belgium
Death Place:Brussels, Belgium
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]

Personal life

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.

Career

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.

Equestrian

Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay competed in the equestrian mail coach event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[3] [4]

Personal life

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calley Saint-Paul de Sincay . Base Léonore . Archives Nationales . 4 February 2022.
  2. Engineering and Mining Journal . Centenary of Vieille-Montagne . 1938 . McGraw Hill Publishing Company . 139 . 28 . 4 February 2022 . Google Books.
  3. Web site: Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay . Olympedia . 26 December 2020.
  4. Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085341/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/gaston-saint-paul-de-sincay-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 12 April 2020.
  5. Book: Borel . d'Hauterive . Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe . 1882 . Bureau de la publication . 38 . 275 . French . 4 February 2022 . Google Books.
  6. Book: Clutton-Brock . Oliver . RAF Evaders: The Complete Story of RAF Escapees and their Escape Lines, Western Europe, 1940–1945 . 19 February 2009 . Casemate Publishers . 978-1-908117-71-7 . 20 . 13 June 2024 . en.