Stanislas de Castellane

Stanislas de Castellane (15 October 1875 - 4 July 1959) was a French politician, representing Cantal in parliament several times between 1902 and 1940.

de Castellane in 1931

Biography

He was born in Juigné-sur-Sarthe, the youngest son of Antoine de Castellane and a member of the House of Castellane.[1] His younger brother was Boni de Castellane.

He studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and entered politics at a young age, being elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a representative of Cantal in 1902, when he was 27. He lost his seat in 1906, was reelected in 1919 and again in 1928.[2] Between 1930 and 1932 he was vice-president of the Chamber.[2] In 1938 he was elected senator for Cantal.[1] Additionally, in 1905 he was elected mayor of Marcenat, holding the title until 1940.[3]

On July 10, 1940, he voted in favor of handing over full powers to Marshal Pétain.[4] Because of this, after the Liberation, he was declared ineligible and could not seek another parliamentary mandate.

In 1901 he married Natalia Terry y Sanchez (1877-1962), the sister of architect Emilio Terry, and had two sons: Henri (1903-1937) and François (1908-1988).[5]

After the war he withdrew from public life and died on 4 July 1959 in Paris, age 84.[2]

References
  1. "Stanislas Castellane (1875-1959) - Auteur - Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France". data.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  2. Jolly, Jean; Robert, Adolphe (1960). Dictionnaire des parlementaires français; notices biographiques sur les ministres, sénateurs et députés français de 1889 à 1940 (in French). Paris: Presses universitaires de France.
  3. "Family tree of Stanislas de CASTELLANE NOVEJAN". Geneanet. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  4. Estève, Christian (2002). A l'ombre du pouvoir: le Cantal du milieu du XIXe siècle à 1914 (in French). Presses Univ Blaise Pascal. p. 510. ISBN 9782845161825.
  5. "Family tree of María Natalia Teresa Terry y Sánchez". Geneanet. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
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