Gyula Tost de Bányavölgy (16 November 1846 – 24 October 1929) was a
Hungarian politician, who served as
Minister of Religion and Education in 1906. He was member of the
Diet of Hungary between 1872 and 1878.
Family
József Tost (born 1745): imperial gardener, the designer of the park of the
Schönbrunn Palace. He had four children: Antal, Károly and Vencel stood into the
palatine's service. The fourth child, Albert Tost continued his father's activity at the imperial palace.
* Antal Tost: gardener of the
Buda Castle, during the
Hungarian Revolution of 1848 he died of
cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium ''Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting and ...
, when the
Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...
besieged the castle.
* Vencel Tost: gardener of the "Palatine's Garden".
* Károly Tost (died 1852): gardener of the
Alcsút Palace and of the
Margaret Island. His son, József continued his work.
* Ferenc Tost (1875–1933): gardener, founder of the National Association of the Hungarian Trading Gardeners.
* Barnabás Tost (1876–1951): member of the House of Magnates, parson of
Kassa. He was one of the founders of the Christian Socialist Party. He was expelled from
Czechoslovakia
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and was interned at
Hejce
Hejce is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. It is one of the oldest settlements in Hungary, mentioned in records from 1009, when king Stephen I granted it to the episcopate of Eger
Eger ( , ; ; also known by other alternat ...
.
* László Tost (1875–1945): brother of Barnabás Tost. He served as Hungarian
deputy mayor
The deputy mayor (also known as vice mayor, assistant mayor, or mayor ''pro tem'') is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official that is present in many, but not all, local governments.
Duties and functions
Many elected dep ...
of
Kassa, member of the National Assembly. He organized champing for the town's rescue. As a result, some
Arrow Cross Party members lured him from his home, and executed him on the town's edge.
* Gyula Tost (1903–1944): son of László Tost. Lieutenant Colonel, served as adjutant of Regent
Miklós Horthy. On the day of the Arrow Cross Party's coup he committed suicide according to the official sources.
References
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1846 births
1929 deaths
People from Stropkov District
Hungarian nobility
Education ministers of Hungary
19th-century Hungarian people
20th-century Hungarian people
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