Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay

Adrien Gaston Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay (9 July 1854 – 19 March 1938) was a Belgian industrialist and equestrian. He was appointed an officer of the Legion of Honour.^[1]

Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay
Born	Adrien Gaston Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay (1854-07-09)9 July 1854 Angleur, Belgium
Died	19 March 1938(1938-03-19) (aged 83) Brussels, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Education	Faculty of Law of Paris
Occupation	Industrialist
Awards	Officer of the Legion of Honour

Personal life

Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay was born in Angleur on 9 July 1854, into a family with French bourgeois roots. He studied at the Faculty of Law of Paris, graduating in 1879.

Career

He joined the Société des Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille-Montagne in 1877. He became secretary of the board of directors in 1884, and succeeded his father as managing director in 1890.^[2]

Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay was president of the Chambre Française de Commerce et de l'Industrie de Belgique.

Equestrian

Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay competed in the equestrian mail coach event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.^[3][4]

Personal life

He married a Russian countess, Hélène Bloudoff;^[5] they had a daughter:

• Marie-Antoinette Louise Anne Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay (b. 1885), who married Prince Albert de Ligne, a grandson of President of the Belgian Senate Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne and Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels.^[6]

Calley Saint-Paul de Sinçay died in Brussels on 19 March 1938.^[4]