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Born | Louis Léon Cambrézy (1874-08-28)28 August 1874 Cayeux-sur-Mer, France |
Died | Fianarantsoa, French Madagascar |
Nationality | French |
Known for | L'Écho du Sud |
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Louis Cambrézy (born 28 August 1874) was a French businessman and settler known for his newspaper L'Écho du Sud.
Biography
Louis Léon Cambrézy was born in Cayeux-sur-Mer, in the Somme, northern France on 28 August 1874. 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.
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. This weekly newspaper took over from La Voix du Sud, another Fianarantsoa newspaper founded by Jules Thibier and which disappeared on last year.
In 1936, he was awarded the Legion of Honour by Louis Rollin, Minister of the Colonies.
During the Second World War, he was stigmatized by the Vichy Regime because he was a Freemason.
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.
Honours and awards
- Chevalier of the Legion of Honour: 20 June 1936
- Chevalier of the Star of Anjouan
- Colonial Medal
References
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- VIAF® (15 June 2015). "Fiche d'autorité international virtuel". Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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- 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.