Name Alfred Baillet | Died September 28, 1980 | |
Alfred, Count de Baillet Latour (1901 – 28 September 1980) was a Belgian count.
End of the House of Baillet
Alfred was the last grandson of Ferdinand de Baillet-Latour, Governor of Antwerp and a nephew of Henri II, Count de Baillet-Latour (1876-1942): 3rd president of the International Olympic Committee.
His mother was viscountess Antoinette de Spoelberch, and belinged to the owners of Artois holding. He started his professional career at the Artois brewery in 1936 and became its president in 1947.
He died without heirs, and the family fortune was, according to his will, used to found the Artois-Baillet Latour Foundation.
References
Alfred de Baillet Latour Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA