Baron Victor de Tornaco (; 5 July 1805 – 26 September 1875) was a
Luxembourg
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ish politician. An
Orangist, he served as
prime minister of Luxembourg for seven years, from 26 September 1860 until 3 December 1867.
Family
His parents were
Charles Auguste de Tornaco and Elisabeth de Berlo-Suys (1775-1856).
Life
He studied in Paris at the Ecole polytechnique. In the years after the
Belgian Revolution of 1830 he supported
William I, King of the Netherlands and Grand-Duke of Luxembourg.
[Thewes, Guy]
"Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848"
. Service information et presse du gouvernment. Luxembourg: Imprimerie Centrale, 2011. From 1841 to 1848 he was a member of the
Assembly of Estates.
He was elected to represent the
canton of Esch-sur-Alzette on the
Constituent Assembly, in 1848.
[ ] From 1848 to 1856 he was a member of the
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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, and from 1857 to 1860 of the re-established Assembly of Estates.
After the resignation of
Charles-Mathias Simons, on 26 September 1860 he was appointed prime minister and Director-General (Minister) for Foreign Affairs and until 1864 also for public transport. On 11 May 1867 he and Emmanuel Servais signed the
Second Treaty of London, which had far-reaching consequences for Luxembourg.
On 3 December 1867 the De Tornaco government lost a parliament vote. They had been accused by the opposition of taking a too passive role at the negotiations in London. He was succeeded by
Emmanuel Servais
Lambert Joseph Emmanuel Servais (; 11 April 1811 – 17 June 1890) was a Luxembourgish politician. He held numerous offices of national importance, foremost amongst which was in serving as prime minister of Luxembourg for seven years, from 3 ...
. De Tornaco was a member of the
Council of State
A council of state is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction. It may be the formal name for the cabinet or it may refer to a non-executive advisory body associated with a head ...
from 3 December 1867 to 20 June 1872.
Victor Tornaco lived in
Sanem Castle, which his family owned from 1753 to 1950. He died on 28 September 1875 at the castle of Voordt in the Belgian province of
Limburg;
he was buried in the family tomb in Sanem.
Honours
before 1866.
* :
Minister of State.
[British and Foreign State Papers, Volume 57, p. 33]
* : Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of the Oak Crown.
* : Grand Cordon in the
Order of Leopold.
* : Knight of the
Order of the Crown of Prussia.
* Knight in the
Order of the Netherlands Lion.
* : Commander in the
Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...
.
See also
*
Tornaco Ministry
*
De Tornaco family
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1805 births
1875 deaths
Prime ministers of Luxembourg
Ministers for foreign affairs of Luxembourg
Ministers for public works of Luxembourg
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)
Members of the Constituent Assembly of Luxembourg
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg from Esch-sur-Alzette
Members of the Council of State of Luxembourg
Luxembourgian Orangists
Luxembourgian barons
19th-century Luxembourgian politicians