Louis de La Panouse

Artus Henri Louis de la Panouse (19 September 1863, Paris – April 1944)[1] was the President of the International Sporting Club of Monte Carlo. In 1916 he proposed to form a baseball league in southern France.[2] He was a Colonel in the cavalry, later promoted to the rank of General de Brigade,[1] and served as the Military Attaché to the French Embassy in London during World War One.[3]

Vicomte de la Panouse in 1916

References
  1. "Louis vicomte de La Panouse". Page d'Histoire (in French).
  2. "France to Have Baseball" (PDF). New York Times. 2 December 1916. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. "Profile of (Vicomte) Mr Artus Henri Louis de La Panouse". Geneaweb. Retrieved 19 September 2020.


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