François-Jean Wyns de Raucour
François-Jean Wyns de Raucour | |
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| Mayor of Brussels | |
| In office 14 April 1841 – 4 October 1848 | |
| Preceded by | Guillaume Van Volxem |
| Succeeded by | Charles de Brouckère |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1779 Brussels, Austrian Netherlands |
| Died | 4 January 1857 (aged 77) Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | Politician |
François-Jean Wyns de Raucour (or Raucourt), knight (6 November 1779 – 4 January 1857), was a Belgian liberal politician and mayor of the City of Brussels.
He was a lawyer and became alderman and mayor of Brussels (1840–1848). He was also a member of the provincial council of Brabant and a member of the Belgian Senate.
Honours
[edit]- Knight in the Order of Leopold.[1]
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Indépendance Belge (L') 05-01-1857
Sources
[edit]- Du Bois, A., "Les Bourgmestres de Bruxelles", in : Revue de Belgique, April 1896, pp. 365–396.
- De Paepe, Jean-Luc, Raindorf-Gérard, Christiane (red), Le Parlement Belge 1831-1894. Données Biographiques, Brussels, Académie Royale de Belgique, 1996, pp. 626–627.
- Pergameni, Ch., in : Biographie Nationale, Brussels, Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts, 1866–1986, XXVII, 1936–1938, col. 422–424.
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