Maximin-Dominique Consolat

Maximin-Dominique Consolat (1785-1858) was a French politician. He worked for his family business in Russia for twenty-three years. Upon returning to France, he served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1831 to 1843.

Maximim-Dominique Consolat
Bust by sculptor Philippe Poitevin in the Palais Longchamp
Born4 August 1785
Grasse, Var, France
Died29 July 1858 (1858-07-30) (aged 72)
OccupationBusinessman, politician

Biography

Early life

Maximim-Dominique Consolat was born on 4 August 1785 in Le Bar-sur-Loup, Var, France.[1] He was educated in Draguignan, where he was a very good student in mathematics.[1]

His three uncles worked as merchants in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1] Indeed, they had established the first Franco-Russian trading operation to date.[1]

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Career

In 1800, at the age of fifteen, Consolat moved to Russia, where he worked for his uncles.[1] Shortly after, he served on the Board of Directors of their company.[1] He worked for the family business in Russia for twenty-three years, until 1823.[1]

In 1830, he became postmaster in Marseille.[1] Later that year, he served as Deputy Mayor, while Joseph Alexis Rostand was Mayor.[1][3] On 12 September 1831 he was appointed as Mayor, serving until 1843.[1] He oversaw relief efforts in Marseille during the epidemics of cholera of 1834 and 1835.[1] In 1834, he paved the way for the Canal de Marseille and the construction of the Roquefavour Aqueduct.[1][4] He was replaced by André Raynard in 1843.[3]

He became a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1832 and an Officer in 1834.[1]

Personal life

He married one of his cousins in the 1820s.[1] He was a practicing Roman Catholic.[1] He received treatments for his recurring stomach upsets in Vichy.[1]

Death

He died on 29 July 1858 of stomach upset.[1]

References
  1. Répertoire des travaux, Société de statistique d'histoire et d'archéologie de Marseille et de Provence, 1859, Volume 22, p. 543
  2. reference for birthplace: Reboul, Robert, Biographie et Bibliographie de l'arrondissement de Grasse. Marseille, Laffitte Reprints, 1978 (originally Grasse, Imprimerie Crosnier fils, 1887)
  3. City of Marseille: List of Mayors
  4. Ventabren: L'Aqueduc de Roquefavour Archived 2014-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
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