Louis Cambrézy
- French Third Republic
- Troupes coloniales
- 13th Colonial Infantry Regiment
- Second Madagascar expedition
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Louis Cambrézy (born 28 August 1874) was a French businessman and settler known for his newspaper L'Écho du Sud.[1]
Biography
Louis Léon Cambrézy was born in Cayeux-sur-Mer, in the Somme, northern France on 28 August 1874.[2] After his military service in 1894, he was assigned to the 13th Colonial Infantry Regiment and took part in the Second Madagascar expedition from 1895 to 1897.[3]
Subsequently, he settled permanently in the Colony of Madagascar. He successively became a commercial agent, merchant, mining operator and public works engineer.
In 1929, Cambrézy founded the newspaper L'Écho du Sud in Fianarantsoa, printed for the first time on 13 April 1929.[4] This weekly newspaper took over from La Voix du Sud, another Fianarantsoa newspaper founded by Jules Thibier and which disappeared on last year.[5]
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In 1936, he was awarded the Legion of Honour by Louis Rollin, Minister of the Colonies.[6]
During the Second World War, he was stigmatized by the Vichy Regime because he was a Freemason.[7]
Personal life
He married for the first time on 16 March 1898 in Boulogne-sur-Mer with Octavie Joséphine Capron, then a second time on 23 March 1935 in Fianarantsoa with Renée Lucie Lebourdais.[8]
Honours and awards
- Chevalier of the Legion of Honour: 20 June 1936
- Chevalier of the Star of Anjouan
- Colonial Medal
References
- ^ Bibliothèque Nationale de France (15 May 2012). "Fiche de personne". Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ VIAF® (15 June 2015). "Fiche d'autorité international virtuel". Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Archive Nationale (20 June 1936). "Recherche - Base de données Léonore". Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Gallica (13 April 1929). "L'Écho du Sud : organe des intérêts généraux du Sud de Madagascar". Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ La Cliothèque (28 June 2021). "Francs-maçonneries lointaines". Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Archive Nationale (20 June 1936). "Recherche - Base de données Léonore". Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ www.entreprises-coloniales.fr (10 November 2017). "LISTE DES FRANCS-MAÇONS DE MADAGASCAR STIGMATISÉS PAR LE RÉGIME DE VICHY" (PDF). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Geneanet (23 August 1874). "Généalogie de Louis Léon Cambrézy". Retrieved 28 November 2022.