| Jules Pastré | |
| Birth Name: | Pierre Jules |
| Birth Date: | 12 April 1809 |
| Birth Place: | Marseille, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Occupation: | 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) |
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 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 (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).
Pastré 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]
He competed in race horses alongside Ferdinand de Lesseps.[12] [13]
He married Elisabeth Nancy Schutz in 1835. They had four children:
He died on 21 May 1899 in Paris, at 51 avenue Montaigne (8e).[14]