Jules Pastré

Jules Pastré
Born Pierre Jules
(1809-04-12)April 12, 1809
Marseille, France
Died May 21, 1899(1899-05-21) (aged 90)
Paris, France
Occupation Banker, businessman, equestrian
Spouse(s) 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 (April 12, 1809 - May 21, 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.

Biography

Early life

Jules Pastré was born April 12, 1809,[1] in Marseille.[2] His father, Jean-François Pastré (1758-1821), was a tanner and a shipowner.[3] His mother was Marie-Eugénie Gautier (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).

Career

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]

Equestrianism

He competed in race horses alongside Ferdinand de Lesseps.[12][13]

Personal life

He married Elisabeth Nancy Schutz in 1835. They had four children:

Death

He died May 21, 1899, in Paris, 51 avenue Montaigne (8e).[14]

References

  1. ↑ acte naissance AD13 p. 17/40
  2. ↑ his birth certificate said he is declare as a female
  3. 1 2 Michael Stephen Smith, The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800-1930, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006, p. 44
  4. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1843, Volume 54, pp. 390-391
  5. ↑ Samir Saul, La France et l'Egypte de 1882 a 1914, Paris: Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique, Comité pour l’histoire économique et financière de la France, 1997
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 William Harrison Ainsworth, The New Monthly Magazine, London: Chapman and Hall, 1853, pp. 3-4
  7. 1 2 The Railway News, Volume 2, 1864, p. 85
  8. 1 2 The London Banks, Credit, Discount and Finance Companies, 1868, p. 2
  9. 1 2 The Joint Stock Companies Directory for 1867, London: Charles Bakrer & Sons, 1867, p. 1344
  10. ↑ Bankers' Magazine, Journal of the Money Market, and Commercial Digest, Volume 32, London: Richard Groombridge, 1872, p. 504
  11. ↑ Nathaniel de Rothschild, Random Variables, London: Collins, 1984, p. 197
  12. ↑ La Terre et la vie, Société national de protection de la nature et d'acclimatation de France, 1865, Volume 12, p. 618
  13. ↑ Eugène Daumas, Les chevaux du Sahara et les moeurs du désert, pp. 33-34
  14. ↑ acte décès p. 21/29
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