Alexis Pillet-Will
Alexis Pillet-Will | |
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Born | 1805 |
Died | 9 April 1871 |
Occupation | Banker |
Alexis Pillet-Will, full name Hyacinthe-Louis-Alexis-Constantin Pillet-Will, (1805 – 9 April 1871) was a 19th-century French banker.
Career[]
The son of Caisse d’épargne de Paris in 1858 and regent of the Banque de France (13th siege), knighted by the King of Sardinia in 1833, and Françoise-Élisabeth Will, a daughter of the banker Philippe-Louis Will, [1] Alexis Pillet-Will was appointed administrator then director of the Caisse d'épargne in 1863 and regent of the Banque de France after his father.
, cofounder and vice-president of theIn 1834 he married Louise Roulin (1802–1878) who held a salon and for whom Gioachino Rossini composed the Petite messe solennelle in 1863 at the suggestion of her husband Alexis.
Their son,
, would in turn become director of the Caisse d'épargne de Paris in 1871 and regent of the Banque de France.While Michel-Frédéric Pillet died leaving a legacy of 15 million francs .[2] (11 million once removed interest income), Alexis raised them to 23 million eleven years later.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Ruiz, Alain (1997). Présence de l'Allemagne à Bordeaux: du siècle de Montaigne à la veille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale : hommage au Goethe-Institut de Bordeaux, à l'occasion de son 25e anniversaire. Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux.
- ^ Alain Plessis, Régents et gouverneurs de la Banque de France, (p. 99)
- French bankers
- People from Lausanne
- 1805 births
- 1871 deaths
- Regents of the Banque de France