Jean-Baptiste Pastré

Jean-Baptiste Pastré (10 October 1804 - 19 August 1877) was a French banker and arms-dealer from Marseille. A merchant banker in Egypt, he founded the Anglo-Egyptian Bank in 1862. He also served on the City Council of Marseille.

Jean-Baptiste Pastré
Born(1804-10-10)10 October 1804
Marseille, France
Died19 August 1877(1877-08-19) (aged 72)
Marseille, France
OccupationBanker, arms-dealer, politician
Spouse(s)Marie-Thérèse Poncet
ChildrenMarie Jeanne Faustine Pastré
Eugénie Pastré
Rose Pastré
Parent(s)Jean-François Pastré
Marie-Eugénie Gauthier
RelativesAmélie Pastré (sister)
Jean Joseph Pastré (brother)
Eugène Pastré (brother)
Jules Pastré, Prince d'Edde (brother)

Early life

Jean-Baptiste Pastré was born on 10 October 1804 in Marseille.[1] His father, Jean-François Pastré (1758-1821), was a banker.[2] His mother was Marie-Eugénie Gauthier (1776-1862).[2] He had a sister, Amélie Pastré (1800-1880), and three brothers: Jean Joseph Pastré (1801-1861), Eugène Pastré (1806–1868) and Jules Pastré, Prince d'Edde (1810-1902).[1][2]

Career

Pastré became a prominent businessman and banker in Marseille.[3] He was also an arms-dealer.[4][5][6] For example, he sold weapons to the French Army during the Crimean War of 1853-1856.[7] Moreover, in the 1850s, he served on the Boards of Directors of Arnaud Touache et Cie, later known as the Compagnie de navigation mixte, and Messageries Maritimes, both merchant shipping companies.[8]

Thanks to his mother's friendship with Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Pastré went to Egypt to do business at the age of nineteen.[9][10] As a result, he established a financial institution in Egypt as early as 1825.[11] From the 1840s to the 1860s, he was one of the main French merchant bankers investing in Egypt, alongside Delort de Gléon and Edouard Dervieu (1824-1905).[12] In 1862, he founded the Anglo-Egyptian Bank.[13]

Back in Marseille, Pastré served as the first Chairman of the Société Marseillaise de Crédit.[14][15] He also served as the first Vice President of the Compagnie des Docks et Entrepôts de Marseille, which he co-founded.[16][17] Additionally, he served as a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Marseille from 1836 to 1842, from 1845 to 1849, and as its Chairman from 1852 to 1866.[5][6][17][18][19][20] In this capacity, he described Marseille as the meeting place between the West and the East, with the Mediterranean Sea as the place where peace must be forged.[21] He also served as a city councillor of Marseille.[22]

Personal life

Pastré married Marie-Thérèse Poncet (1821-1879) on 15 February 1841.[1] They had three children:

  • Marie Jeanne Faustine Pastré (1841-1919).[1]
  • Eugénie Pastré (1843-unknown).[1]
  • Rose Pastré (1847-1892).[1]

They resided at 57 Rue Saint-Ferréol in Marseille.[23]

Death

Pastré died on 19 August 1877 in Marseille.[1]

References
  1. GeneaNet: Jean-Baptiste Pastré
  2. Michael Stephen Smith, The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800-1930, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006, p. 44
  3. Dominique Barjot, Les patrons du second Empire: Marseille, Picard, 1999, p. 29
  4. Pierre-Paul Zalio, Grandes familles de Marseille au XXe siècle: enquête sur l'identité économique d'un territoire portuaire, Belin, 1999, p. 86
  5. René Burruey, Le port moderne de Marseille: du dock au conteneur, 1844-1974, Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Marseille-Provence, 1994, p. 92
  6. Laurence Lemaire, Les gens de Marseille font le guide, Images en manoeuvres éditions, 2003, p. 30
  7. Jules Charles-Roux, Vingt ans de vie publique: Questions municipales.--Travaux divers. Rapports sur délégations en France et à l'étranger. Études économiques et discours parlementaires, Guillaumin, 1892, p. 328
  8. Marie-Françoise Berneron-Couvenhes, Les messageries maritimes: l'essor d'une grande compagnie de navigation française, 1851-1894, Paris: Presses Paris Sorbonne, 2007, p. 75
  9. Henri-Charles-Ferdinand-Marie-Dieudonné d’Artois, Comte de Chambord, Voyage en Orient: 1861, Editions Tallandier, 1984, p. 363
  10. Jean Lambert-Dansette, Histoire de l'entreprise et des chefs d'entreprise en France: Le temps des pionniers (1830-1880) - Des jalons d'existence, Editions L'Harmattan, 2003, Volume 3, p. 6
  11. Marseille au XIXème: rêves et triomphes : Musées de Marseille, 16 novembre 1991-15 février 1992, Musées de Marseille, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1991, p. 77
  12. Juan Carlos, Martinez Oliva, John Consiglio, Gabriel Tortella, Banking and Finance in the Mediterranean: A Historical Perspective, Ashgate Publishing, 2013, p. 281
  13. Michel Lavallois, Sarga Moussa, L'orientalisme des saint-simoniens, Maisonneuve & Larose, 2006, p. 25
  14. Société Marseillaise de Crédit: History Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  15. Marseille Info Archived 2010-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
  16. Dominique Pons, Des docks et des hommes, Images en manoeuvres, 2004
  17. Laurence Américi, Xavier Daumalin, Les dynasties marseillaises: de la Révolution à nos jours, Paris: Perrin, 2010, p. 23
  18. Dominique Barjot, Les entrepreneurs du second empire, Presses Paris Sorbonne, 2003, p. 21
  19. Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Marseille, Paris: Le Petit Futé, 2010, p. 244
  20. Xavier Daumalin, Marcel Courdurié, Vapeur et révolution industrielle à Marseille: 1831-1857, Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Marseille-Provence, 1997, p. 136
  21. Jean Carpentier, Histoire de la Méditerranée, François Lebrun, Paris: Seuil, 1998, p. 332
  22. François Arnoulé, Christophe Matrat, Jean-Louis Miège, Études d'histoire contemporaine tunisienne (1846-1871), Université de Provence, I.H.P.O.M., 1973, p. 55
  23. Chemin de fer de Marseille à Avignon et Beaucaire: tracé Montricher, adopté par le Conseil général des ponts-et-chaussées. Statuts du 5 février 1842, p. 6
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