Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay
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]
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| Born | Adrien Gaston Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay 9 July 1854 Angleur, Belgium |
| Died | 19 March 1938 (aged 83) Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Education | Faculty of Law of Paris |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
| Awards | Officer of the Legion of Honour |
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. He married a Russian countess, Hélène Bloudoff;[2] they had a daughter named Marie-Antoinette.
Career
Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay 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.[3]
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.[4][5]
References
- "Calley Saint-Paul de Sincay". Base Léonore. Archives Nationales. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- 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.
- "Centenary of Vieille-Montagne". Engineering and Mining Journal. McGraw Hill Publishing Company. 139: 28. 1938. Retrieved 4 February 2022 – via Google Books.
- "Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- 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.