François Boux de Casson (24 February 1908 - 31 January 1981) was a French aristocrat, landowner and right-wing politician. He served as a member of the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

from 1936 to 1940, representing

Les Sables-d'Olonne Les Sables-d'Olonne (; French meaning: "The Sands of Olonne"; Poitevin: ''Lés Sablles d'Oloune'') is a seaside town in Western France, on the Atlantic Ocean. A subprefecture of the department of Vendée, Pays de la Loire, it has the administ ...

in the

Vendée Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.

Early life

François Boux de Casson was born on 24 February 1908 in

Vannes Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic Era The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who lived ...

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, France.

Career

Boux de Casson inherited an estate in Challans, where he became a landowner. Boux de Casson joined the

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, a conservative political party. He was a supporter of Colonel François de La Rocque, and he joined his Croix-de-Feu. He was elected as deputy mayor of Challans in 1935. He succeeded

Charles Gallet Charles Gallet (26 November 1875 - 1 November 1951) was a French lawyer and politician. He started his career as a lawyer in La Roche-sur-Yon. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1928 to 1936, where he represented Vendée Vend� ...

as a member of the

from 1936 to 1942, where he represented the second district of

Vendée Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.

(

). Boux de Casson lost a bid in the primary of the 1951 election for the National Assembly. He was elected as a member of the

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of Challans in 1955 and its city council in 1958. He lost two additional bids for the National Assembly, in 1956 and 1958. He became associated with

Pierre Poujade Pierre Poujade (; 1 December 1920 – 27 August 2003) was a French populist politician after whom the Poujadist movement was named. Biography Pierre Poujade was born in Saint-Céré (Le Lot), France, and studied at Collège Saint-Eugène d'Aur ...

and Jacques Isorni. In 1973, he was charged with conspiring to remove Marshal Philippe Pétain's coffin from the Île d'Yeu, with the aim of burying him at the Douaumont Ossuary, the traditional burial ground for veterans of the Battle of Verdun. However, he was acquitted. Boux de Casson served as the president of the ''Société des Courses'', an equine society, and the ''Comité de la Foire-Exposition'' in Challans.

Death

Boux de Casson died on 31 January 1981 in Paris.

References

1908 births 1981 deaths Politicians from Vannes Republican Federation politicians Members of the 16th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic {{Vendée-politician-stub