The Mallet family () is a family of French businessmen and bankers. During the 16th century, the Mallet family first fled from

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to Geneva to escape mounting

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by the state. In 1810, one branch was titled under the

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, followed by a lesser branch under Louis XVIII in 1816. Besides banking, fields in which members have excelled include science, the military, law, and politics.

History

Etymology

According to the official genealogies from the Banque de France, the surname ''Mallet'' is likely derived from either the name of the city of Saint-Malo in Brittany or the parish of

Saint-Maclou Saint-Maclou is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. It has two chateaux within its boundaries: the chateau de St Maclou-la-Campagne just outside the village, and the Chateau du Mont. The name comes from Maclovius, th ...

, both namesakes of the 6th century Saint Malo of Aleth. This theory is one of several posed by modern lexicographers and onomasticians.

Origins

In the mid—late 16th century, religious civil war in France drove many Calvinist Huguenots, such as the Mallets, to seek refuge in Geneva, which had declared itself Lutheran in 1536. The earliest members of the Mallet family known to have escaped from Normandy were Jacques (1530–1598), from whom all future generations descend, and his brother, Esaïe. After the death of his first wife, Jacquemine Favre, Jacques married Laure Sartoris, daughter of Jean-Léonard, former secretary to Charles III, Duke of Savoy. The couple had eleven children. The descendants of Gabriel (1572–1651), the ninth child, include

Jacques-André Mallet Jacques-André Mallet (); also Mallet-Favre; 23 September 1740 – 31 January 1790) was a Genevan mathematician and astronomer. In 1772, Mallet established and co-financed the first Geneva Observatory, and served as its director until his ...

and the family of the Barons de Chalmassy. All other significant extant lines descend from Jacques (1575–1657), Gabriel's younger brother.

Notable members

Jacques Mallet du Pan

Jacques Mallet du Pan (1749–1800) was a journalist and political propagandist from Geneva. In 1772, upon the recommendation of his colleague Voltaire, he accepted a professorship of French literature at

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. Due to severe political criticism of his writing, however, he soon left the continent for England in search of greater journalistic freedom. In 1789, he was recruited by Panckoucke as an editor of the '' Mercure de France'' in Paris. He resided in the city until 1792, when he was enlisted by Louis XVI, who saw du Pan as his political ally, as a special envoy charged with gathering military support from neighboring leaders. Du Pan participated in drafting precursors to the '' Brunswick Manifesto'', and was forced into exile to

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in 1797. He returned to England the following year, founded the '' Mercure britannique'', and died of consumption in 1800. Mallet du Pan followed a Calvinist philosophy, (c. 1700‒1930) and was known as a conservative counter-

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. His work was largely neglected until after World War II, when it was rediscovered and championed by historians and philosophers such as Alessandro Passerin d'Entrèves and Jacques Godechot. It is accepted that du Pan originated the term ''suffrage universel'' (English: '' universal suffrage''). His grandson was the British civil servant Sir Louis Mallet. Through Louis and his brother, Charles (1824–1892), Jacques is the ancestor of many English civil servants and other public figures, including Louis du Pan Mallet,

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the younger, Victor Mallet, and John and Richard Butler,

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Paul Henri Mallet

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(1730–1807) was a scholar and diplomat from Geneva. His nephew, Paul Henri Mallet Prevost (1756–1835), was the progenitor of the American Mallet-Prevost branch. In 1752, he replaced La Beaumelle as professor of French ''

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'' at the Academy of Copenhagen. He became interested in ancient Denmark and other Northern lands and published several volumes on

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with the help of the government. In 1755, perhaps due to Mallet's works having been vocally supportive of

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, queen consort Louisa of Denmark employed Mallet as the tutor of literature and French language for her son,

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, the future king of Denmark and Norway. Mallet's writings on mythology and religion, translated by Bishop Percy, also inspired the poet William Blake, among others. After he had completed his duties in Denmark, Mallet journeyed to England to visit the

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, which included Caroline Matilda, the betrothed of his former pupil, Christian. Mallet became the princess'

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literary advisor when she left for Denmark. In 1760, Mallet returned to Geneva, where he was offered a professorship as chair of the department of history and, four years later, a position on the

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. Despite his apparent success as an educator, Mallet refused empress Catherine's offer to tutor her young son, Paul I. Instead, he chose to accompany Lord Mount Stuart on a Grand Tour through Europe. While in England, Mallet received a commission to create a history for the House of Hanover. This work, along with another from Frederick II for the House of Hesse, was completed in 1785. However, over the next few years, the wealth Mallet had accumulated, including his pensions from the nobility, was essentially dissolved due to ongoing political turmoil. When the occupying French government found out about his poor financial state, however, Mallet was supplied with a generous allowance, which he took advantage of for a brief period until his death in 1807 from an acute attack of

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. A volume of Mallet's first biography, by Sismondi, was published in the same year.

Jacques-André Mallet

(1740–1790) was a mathematician and astronomer from Geneva. He is best known for founding the first observatory in Geneva. He was expected to follow the career of his father, who had been a soldier. However, an accident in Jacques-André's youth caused damage to his legs, and he shifted his fascination to academia. In 1755, he began his education at the

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, studying first with mathematician

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. His pursuit of knowledge brought him next to Basel in 1760, where he studied with

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, and in 1765 to England and France, where he was inspired by astronomers Jérôme Lalande, John Bevis, and Nevil Maskelyne, among others. Mallet was subsequently invited by Catherine II and the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences to travel to Russia to observe the

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from

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. Due to an overcast sky that obscured his view, Mallet's observations in Lapland provided the scientific community with little useful data. Nonetheless, he was awarded honorary membership in the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Upon his return to Geneva, Jacques-André was granted a position within the

and an

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at his alma mater, the

. In 1772, he successfully petitioned the council for approval to build an observatory in Geneva, the first in the

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. The observatory's structure and technology were state-of-the-art. As director of the observatory, Jacques-André and his students, which included

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and

Jean Trembley Jean Trembley (April 13, 1749 – September 18, 1811), born at Geneva and died in Le Mas-d'Agenais, was a GenevanJean-Louis Pictet, who had joined Mallet on his journey to Russia. Pictet's son, Jean-Pierre, was the father of François Jules Pictet, whose own son would marry back into the Mallet family in 1863. Jacques-André died in 1790 without issue.

Barons de Chalmassy

* Isaac Mallet (1684–1779) was first employed by ''Gédéon Mallet, Cramer et Cie,'' a Genevan bank founded by Isaac's second cousin Gédéon Mallet. While on business in Paris, Isaac established his own financial enterprise, '' Isaac Mallet et Cie.,'' 1713. Notably, the bank was charged with managing the capital of

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Maupeou, a descendant of whom married Isaac's fourth-great-grandson, Arthur, 5th Baron de Chalmassy. Isaac was a member of the Grand Council of Geneva.
∞ 1722 Françoise Dufour. They had six children, including: ** Jacques Mallet (1724–1815), who was a partner of his father's bank, which assumed the name ''Dufour, Mallet and Le Royer.'' Like his father, he was a member of the Grand Council.
∞ 1744 Louise Madeleine Bresson. They had six children, including: *** Guillaume Mallet, 1st Baron Mallet de Chalmassy (1747–1826). Increasingly upset with the violent conditions of the French Revolution, he and several other bankers, including Claude Perier and

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, helped to install Napoleon on the French throne. In 1810,

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awarded Guillaume a knighthood and ennobled him as Baron de Chalmassy. Furthermore, Guillaume and his colleagues were given complete control over the newly established

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, on whose Council of Regents Guillaume was engaged from 1800 until his death. Guillaume's title was subsequently confirmed by Louis XVIII during the Restoration.
∞ 1779 Elisabeth Boy de La Tour († 1781), whose wealthy widowed mother, Julie, had assisted a young, displaced Rousseau in managing his financial affairs. Elisabeth's sister, Madeleine-Catherine, married Étienne Delessert and bore

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, both of whom were successful bankers.
∞ Anne-Julie Houel (1761-1849), whose sister, Marthe-Henriette, was married to Guillaume's younger brother, Isaac Jean-Jacques, also a banker. **** Adolphe-Jacques "James", 2nd Baron Mallet de Chalmassy (1787–1868). He was awarded a knighthood for his outstanding conduct in the defense of Paris at Barrière de Clichy in 1814. Under his leadership, the Mallet Bank acquired Passage Choiseul for the construction of the

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's theatre,

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. Adolphe-Jacques assumed his late father's seat on the Council of Regents, and served as '' valet de chambre'' for kings Louis XVIII and Charles X.
∞ 1818 Laure Oberkampf, daughter of industrialist Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf. Her sister, Émilie, was married to James' brother, Louis Jules. ***** Alphonse, 3rd Baron Mallet de Chalmassy (1819–1906), a banker. Alphonse assumed his late father's seat on the Council of Regents.
∞ 1873 Hélène Bartholdi (1825–1896), second cousin of the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, designer of the

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. ****** Jacques-Frédéric-Albert, 4th Baron Mallet de Chalmassy (1846–1927)
∞ 1873 Jeanne Zélie Poupart de Neuflize (1851–1935), sister of the banker and equestrian, Jean de Neuflize. They had no issue. ***** Arthur Mallet (1821–1847) ****** Théodore Mallet (1860–1882) ******* Arthur Auguste Jacques, 5th Baron Mallet de Chalmassy (1884–1948)
∞ 1914 Jacqueline Marie Aimé Diane de Maupeou (1825–1896), a direct descendant of

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. They had two children, including: ******** Jean-Pierre Théodore Mallet, 6th Baron de Chalmassy (1915–2003)
∞ 1939 Christine de Watteville de Berckheim, great-granddaughter of the French general Sigismond Guillaume de Berckheim, and 2x-great-granddaughter of the Swiss-French banker and art collector James-Alexandre de Pourtalès. They had three children, including: ********* Etienne Mallet (b. 1941), who is the president of the film and performing arts company Cinéfrance. He is also the president of the Mallet Foundation, an organization that assists people with disabilities. Etienne served in the Ministère de l'Equipement and Ministère de l'Intérieur, as well as on several boards, including that of his family bank Neuflize OBC. ********* Jacques Robert Mallet (1945–2001), an investment banker and president of the art dealer Mallet Fine Art Ltd. He had two children with his first wife, Laurie. ******

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(1863-1956), a regent of the Bank of France. In 1915, as a member of the Anglo-French Financial Commission, he and his colleagues successfully appealed to the United States for a $500 million loan for France and England. Ernest assumed his late uncle Alphonse's seat on the Council of Regents until the council was abolished in 1936.
∞ 1905 Hon. Mabel Georgina St. Aubyn (1872–1944). She was the daughter of John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan and Lady Elizabeth Clementina, daughter of John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend. They had three children, including: ******* Micheline (1907–2001) ∞ Lucien Boël (1903–1999), son of Baron

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. ******* Véronique (1909–2009)
∞ 1937 Ivan d'Eliassy, the Hungarian ambassador in Madrid. They had three children, including: ******** Melinda d'Eliassy (1942–2004), who worked as a representative for

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in Spain.
∞ 1964 Pál Sarkozy, the father of

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, former President of France from 2007 to 2012.
∞ 1990

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, second son of the 4th Duke of Alcudia and Sueca.
∞ 1968 Alfonso Calparsoro. They had one daughter, Ilona (b. 1969), an entrepreneur. ***** Henriette Clémentine Mallet (1829–1853) ∞ Alfred von Lotzback (1819–1874), a Bavarian industrialist and elite. They had one daughter, Laura. **** Louis Jules Mallet (1789–1866).
∞ 1813 Émilie Laure Oberkampf (1794–1856), daughter of industrialist Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf. Her sister, Laure, was married to Louis-Jules' brother, James. They had four children, including: ***** Nathalie Mallet (1813–1884)
∞ 1839 Pierre-Antoine Labouchère, the French

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. *****

(1815–1902), who worked for the Mallet family bank. He was close colleagues with the Pereire brothers and was one of the directors of their bank, Crédit Mobilier. He co-founded two additional banking institutions—the Imperial Ottoman Bank and

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—and served in leadership positions in both. In 1868, when Charles was president of the PLM railway company, he commissioned a home in Cannes from the architect

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. Before Villa des Dunes' demolition in 1933, it hosted many notable guests, including Alexander II and empress consort Maria,

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, and the novelist Paul Bourget. ***** Henri Mallet (1824–1908), a banker.
∞ Gabrielle Louise Mathilde André, sister of Alfred André (1827–1893), a regent of the Bank of France. They had issue. *** Isaac Jean-Jacques Mallet (1763–1815), a banker. He was imprisoned during the French Revolution, eventually having his citizenship restored in 1791.
∞ 1792 Marthe Henriette Houel, the younger sister of Guillaume's wife, Anne-Julie. They had issue.

Other branches

Mallet-Prevost

*Paul Henri Mallet-Prevost (1756–1835) was the son of Genevan councilman Henri Mallet and Jeanne Gabrille Prévost, sister of Major General Augustine. Paul Henri's parents had assumed the surname Mallet-Prevost following their marriage in 1753. After serving in the army of Louis XVI, Paul Henri fled to the United States as a fugitive from the French Revolution. In 1794, he settled in New Jersey with other French-speaking people, and the area around his holding quickly gained the moniker of "Frenchtown". **Andrew (André) Mallet-Provost (1780–1850) lived in Philadelphia and served as Brigadier General of Volunteers in the War of 1812. ***Charles (1818–1887) held positions in the US military and government, including U.S. Marshal for the Wisconsin Territory and Assistant Adjutant General under

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, banker, and businessman. Murphy served as a volunteer in the Spanish–American War and, ultimately, as a

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in the Army, earning a Distinguished Service Medal in 1918. After his time in the military, Murphy pursued a career in business, notably working with J. P. Morgan on several ventures, such as the short-lived Foreign Commerce Corporation of America, of which Murphy was president from 1920 to 1921. ****

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(1860–1949) was an

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. In 1896, he was appointed by President Grover Cleveland as the Secretary of the Commission to report on the boundary line between Venezuela and

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, later joining the defense of Venezuela during the

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to settle the

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, which provoked the border crisis. The remaining members of Venezuela's senior defense numbered one Venezuelan (José María, Marquis de Rojas) and three Americans (former president Benjamin Harrison, former Secretary of the Navy

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, and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy

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). In 1899, the same year as the Venezuelan arbitration, Severo joined a New York City

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that had had as one of its first partners

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. In 1925, the firm adopted its current name of

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, and has since expanded globally.
∞ 1887 Virginia Hopkins Johns (1859–1930) *****Pauline Cosio Mallet-Prevost (1892–1985), a pianist. With her husband, she founded the Ornstein School of Music, which counted John Coltrane and Jimmy Smith among its students.
∞ 1918

Leo Ornstein Leo Ornstein (born ''Лев Орнштейн'', ''Lev Ornshteyn''; – February 24, 2002) was an American experimental composer and pianist of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative ...

, a pianist, pedagogue, and

avant garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or 'vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical De ...

classical composer. They had two children, including: ****** Severo Ornstein (born 1930), a former computer scientist. He was a programmer for major projects including the SAGE, TX-2, and LINC computers, as well as the first IMP. As an employee of Xerox PARC, he contributed to the laser printer, the Dorado computer, and the notation software ''Mockingbird''. In 1980, he helped to establish the CPSR, an organization concerned with addressing nuclear threat and accountable computer use.

Mallet-Butini

*Jean Mallet (1716-1789)
∞ 1756 Marie Charlotte Butini **Jean-Louis Mallet-Butini (1757–1832). They had five children, including: ***Edouard Félix Mallet (1805–1856), a judge and historian who helped found the '' Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève'', serving as its president in 1842, 1844, and 1849.
∞ 1840 Marie Plantamour, sister of the scientists Philippe and

Emile Plantamour Emile Plantamour or Émile Plantamour, (14 May 1815 - 7 September 1882) was a Swiss astronomer. Biography He was the son of François-Théodore, Hospital director, and of Louise Saladin. He was born in Geneva. He studied astronomy with Jean-Alf ...

(who was a director of the Geneva Observatory after

). They had three children, including: ****Emilie Louise Mallet (1844–1897)
∞ 1863 Albert Edouard Pictet (1835–1879), deputy of the Grand Council of Geneva and son of the zoologist and palaeontologist

François Jules Pictet de la Rive François Jules Pictet-De la Rive (27 September 180915 March 1872) was a Swiss zoologist and palaeontologist. Biography He was born in Geneva. He graduated B. Sc. at Geneva in 1829, and pursued his studies for a short time at Paris, where un ...

. They had three children, including: *****Jules Camille Pictet (1864–1893)
∞ 1891 Marie Mathilde

Diodati Diodati or Deodati is a family name. The Diodati were a patrician family from Lucca. In Lucca, in the sixteenth century, they commissioned the sculptor and architect Nicolao Civitalia to build the Palazzo Diodati now Palazzo Orsetti. They were forc ...

(1835–1879), a direct descendant of Giovanni Diodati. They had no issue. ****Lydie Marie Mallet (1848–1900)
∞ 1869 Jean-Louis Prevost, a neurologist and

physiologist Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical a ...

, whose distant ancestors are shared by the Mallet-Prevost family . **François Mallet-Butini, 1st Baron de Mallet (1765–1839), Mallet de Crécy, was created a baron by Louis XVIII.
∞ 1807 Anne Molesworth, daughter of

Robert Molesworth, 5th Viscount Molesworth The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

. The couple had three children, including: ***Molesworth, 2nd Baron de Mallet (1808–1866).
∞ 1840 Mary Indiana Sykes. They had three children, including: **** Anna Eliza de Mallet (1841–1899)
∞ Augustus Charles Myrton Cunynghame (1829–1904), the general director for the

GPO GPO may refer to: Government and politics * General Post Office, Dublin * General Post Office, in Britain * Social Security Government Pension Offset, a provision reducing benefits * Government Pharmaceutical Organization, a Thai state enterpris ...

in Edinburgh, and the son of Sir David, 5th Baronet Cunynghame. They had three children, including: ***** Francis James de Mallet Cunynghame (1884–1958),

major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

in the 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment. *** Charles Philippe, 3rd Baron de Mallet (1812–1885)
∞ Elisabeth Melcafe. They had two children, including: **** François, 4th Baron de Mallet (1845–1930). Died without male issue.