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Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay

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Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay
Born
Adrien Gaston Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay

(1854-07-09)9 July 1854
Angleur, Belgium
Died19 March 1938(1938-03-19) (aged 83)
Brussels, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
EducationFaculty of Law of Paris
OccupationIndustrialist
AwardsOfficer 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

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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

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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

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

Personal life

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Calley Saint-Paul de Sincay". Base Léonore. Archives Nationales. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Centenary of Vieille-Montagne". Engineering and Mining Journal. 139. McGraw Hill Publishing Company: 28. 1938. Retrieved 4 February 2022 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ d'Hauterive, Borel (1882). Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe (in French). Vol. 38. Bureau de la publication. p. 275. Retrieved 4 February 2022 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Clutton-Brock, Oliver (19 February 2009). RAF Evaders: The Complete Story of RAF Escapees and their Escape Lines, Western Europe, 1940–1945. Casemate Publishers. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-908117-71-7. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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