Charles Henri Joseph de Rasse

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Chevalier Charles Henri Joseph de Rasse (born December 3, 1774 in Tournai , † January 31, 1818 ibid) was mayor of Tournai.

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Charles Henri Joseph de Rasse studied at the College of Saint-Paul in his hometown and at the College of the Oratorians in Juilly . He began a career as a civil servant and at the age of 26 became a member of the commission for non-church hospices. Four years later (1804) Rasse became mayor of Tournai. He earned special services in February 1814 when the city was occupied by the troops of the anti-Napoleonic coalition. In 1817 Breed received the Order of the Dutch Lion .

Rasse had two sons, the diplomats Jules (1808–1883) and Alphonse , (Tournai, June 18, 1813 - May 2, 1892), Belgian senator and mayor of Tournai.

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  • Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique: Biographie Nationale de Belgique . Volume 18, Thiry, Brussels 1905, p. 38 ff.
  • Frédéric Hennebert, Notice biographique sur Charles Henri Joseph De Rasse, maire de Tournai, né en cette ville le 3 décembre 1774, et mort en janvier 1818 , 1818
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SURNAME Race, Charles Henri Joseph de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Tournai City
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Tournai
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1818
Place of death Tournai