Jacques Taurin de Lormand
Jacques Taurin de Lormand (born 4 September 1762 in Bayonne — 24 January 1847 in Bayonne) was a French politician[1] and banker.
Biography
[edit]He was a councillor in the Parliament of Pau under the Old Regime. After the Second Bourbon Restoration, he was a deputy of Basses-Pyrénées from 1815 to 1819, sitting within the majority of the Unobtainable Chamber.[2] He worked as a banker. He made a colossal bequest of 5 million francs to the Bayonne town council for different works, including the construction of St. Andrew's Church.[3] The church was built between 1856 and 1869 by architects Hippolyte Durand and Hippolyte Guichenné.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jacques Taurin de Lormand" (in French). base Sycomore. National Assembly. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Jacques Taurin de Lormand" (in French). base Sycomore. National Assembly. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "L'église Saint-André" (in French). Bayonne: Basque Museum. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Bibliography
[edit]- "Jacques Taurin de Lormand", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
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