22 Facts About Antoine Odier

Antoine Odier was a French banker and politician.

Antoine Odier was born in the Republic of Geneva but moved to France and was naturalized during the French Revolution.

Antoine Odier was involved in the Indian cotton trade before founding a banking house in Paris during the Bourbon Restoration.

Antoine Odier was politically liberal, supported the July Revolution of 1830 and opposed the seizure of power by Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte in 1851.

Antoine Odier favoured protectionist economic policies, and led a lobby group to oppose lowering of tariffs.

An ancestor, named Antoine Odier, took refuge in Geneva shortly before the end of the 17th century, fleeing religious persecution resulting from the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

Odier's father, Jacques-Antoine Odier, appears to have played an important role in Senn, Bidermann et Cie.

Antoine Odier was the son of Jacques-Antoine Odier by his second wife, Marie Cazenove.

Antoine Odier became a Frenchman under the law of 1790, which gives this status to the descendants of refugees.

Antoine Odier supported the Girondins, and was arrested in 1793.

Antoine Odier devoted himself to developing the national industry, and from this time forward the manufacture of painted canvas was very successful.

From 1795 Antoine Odier was one of the main directors of the company that took over the Wesserling Indian cotton manufacture under the name "Gros, Davillier, Roman et Cie", which soon became "Gros, Davillier, Antoine Odier et Cie".

Antoine Odier was involved in companies with his two brothers-in-law, and with important merchants such as Jacques Bidermann of Winterthur.

Antoine Odier's bank, established during the Bourbon Restoration, was part of the elite group known as the haute banque parisienne.

Antoine Odier became a member of the Paris Commercial Court, and then president of that court.

Antoine Odier was appointed a censor of the Bank of France, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Sinking Fund and of deposits and consignations, and a member of the Superior Council of Commerce in 1819.

Antoine Odier represented the Seine department as a member of the liberal opposition.

Antoine Odier became a general councilor of the Seine in 1831.

Antoine Odier was reelected Deputy for the Seine for the government majority from 5 July 1831 to 25 May 1834, and again from 21 June 1834 to 3 October 1837.

Antoine Odier was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honour in 1846.

Antoine Odier sat with the government supporters until the French Revolution of 1848.

Antoine Odier disagreed with the policies of Napoleon III, and after the coup d'etat of 2 December 1851 he refused to become a member of the Consultative Commission.