BaronCharles LemonnierGBE | |
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Monument to Baron Lemonnier by Frans Huygelen, after a model by Thomas Vinçotte | |
Born | Charles Jean Maurice Lemonnier (1860-01-12)12 January 1860 Mons, Belgium |
Died | 11 September 1930(1930-09-11) (aged 70) Brussels, Belgium |
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation | politician |
Title | Baron |
Baron Charles Jean Maurice Lemonnier (12 January 1860 – 11 September 1930) was a Belgian liberal politician and mayor of the City of Brussels.
Charles Lemonnier was a lawyer, mining engineer and as a politician he was alderman ad-interim burgomaster of Brussels. He was also a member of parliament. During World War I he took over as burgomaster of Brussels, while Adolphe Max was held in captivity by the Germans.
Honours
- Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold (Belgium) - 1919
- Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown (Belgium) - 1921
- Honorary Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom)
- Grand Officer in the Legion of Honour (France)
See also
Notes
- RD 31/8/1919
- RD 15.11.1921
References
- Douxchamps, José, Présence nobiliaire au parlement belge (1830–1970). Notes généalogiques, Wépion-Namen, José Douxchamps, 2003, p. 72.
- Van Molle, P., Het Belgisch parlement 1894–1969, Gent, Erasmus, 1969, p. 220.
- Charles Lemonnier
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