Jules Pastré

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.

Jules Pastré
Born
Pierre Jules

(1809-04-12)April 12, 1809
Marseille, France
DiedMay 21, 1899(1899-05-21) (aged 90)
Paris, France
OccupationBanker, businessman, equestrian
Spouse(s)Betzi Schutz
ChildrenPierre Pastré
Berthe Pastré
Thérèse Pastré
Christine Pastré
RelativesAmélie Pastré (sister)
Jean Joseph Pastré (brother)
Jean-Baptiste Pastré (brother)
Eugène Pastré (brother)

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:

  • Pierre Pastré.
  • Berthe Pastré.
  • Thérèse Pastré.
  • Christine Pastré.

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. 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. Stationery 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. William Harrison Ainsworth, The New Monthly Magazine, London: Chapman and Hall, 1853, pp. 3-4
  7. The Railway News, Volume 2, 1864, p. 85
  8. The London Banks, Credit, Discount and Finance Companies, 1868, p. 2
  9. The Joint Stock Companies Directory for 1867, London: Charles Barker & 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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