1. Henri Barbet, or Henry Barbet, was a French industrialist and politician.
26 Facts About Henri Barbet
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Henri Barbet owned and ran the family cotton spinning and weaving factory in Rouen, one of the most important in the region.
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Henri Barbet was responsible for building two bridges over the Seine, and for a policy of putting the indigent and insane to work in charitable workshops.
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Henri Barbet was from a Protestant family from the canton of Bolbec.
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Henri Barbet's parents were Jacques Juste Barbet, merchant, and Marie Marguerite Gosgibus.
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Later the "Barbet Freres" partnership was dissolved and Henri became sole owner of the family factory, which he expanded considerably.
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Henri Barbet was a member of the Rouen Commercial Court and the Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Rouen.
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Henri Barbet entered the Rouen Chamber of Commerce in 1828, and was President until 1872.
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In 1842 Henri Barbet acquired the large estate of Valmont in the valley of Fecamp, including parts of the communes of Mont-Saint-Aignan, Canteleu, Maromme, Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville and Sologne.
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Henri Barbet converted to Catholicism, and he and his wife donated two stained glass windows to the Basilique Notre-Dame de Bonsecours.
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Henri Barbet became an administrator of the Chemins de Fer du Nord.
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In 1858 Henri Barbet handed over management of his factory to his son.
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Henri Barbet was a militant Orleanist during the July Revolution of 1830.
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Henri Barbet was made a knight of the Legion of Honour in 1831.
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Henri Barbet was made a commander of the Legion of Honour in 1844.
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Henri Barbet promoted eliminating indigence in Rouen by creating charitable workshops.
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Henri Barbet was elected a Deputy for 1st constituency of Seine-Inferieure on 5 July 1831 for the government majority.
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Henri Barbet was reelected on 21 July 1834,4 November 1837 and 2 March 1839, holding office until 12 June 1842.
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Henri Barbet was again elected Deputy for Seine-Inferieure for the government majority on 25 June 1844, holding office until 6 July 1846.
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Henri Barbet was created a peer of France on 21 July 1846.
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Henri Barbet represented the 5th constituency of the Seine Inferieure.
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Henri Barbet was made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour on 30 August 1865.
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Henri Barbet lost the election of 24 May 1869 to the opposition candidate, Augustin Francois Buisson.
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Henri Barbet was on the list of Senators to be promulgated in August 1870, when the Franco-Prussian War intervened.
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Henri Barbet retired from politics under the French Third Republic.
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Henri Barbet died on 17 March 1875 in Valmont, Seine-Maritime.