Paul de Favereau

Paul-Louis-Marie-Célestin, baron de Favereau (15 January 1856 – 26 September 1922) was a Belgian politician and member of the Catholic Party.

Life
Born in Liège, he became a doctor of law before serving as member of the Belgian Parliament for the arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne (1884–1900). On 16 September 1884 he married Marie-Charlotte Frésart (1864–1947), with whom he had Edith-Paul-Adeline-Marie-Joseph-Ernestine-Elisabeth de Favereau, later wife of Charles-Albert d'Aspremont Lynden and mother of Harold Charles d'Aspremont Lynden.

De Favereau also became Foreign Minister (1896–1907) and senator for the Province of Luxembourg (1900–1922). He was made a minister of state in 1907. For his last eleven years in the senate he also served as its president. He died at the château de Jenneret.

Honours

 * Grand cordon of the Order of Leopold
 * Civic Cross, 1st Class
 * Commemorative Medal of the Reign of King Leopold II
 * Grand Cross of the Order of
 * Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy)
 * the Oak Crown (Luxembourg)
 * the Saviour (Greece)
 * the Double Dragon (China)
 * the Polar Star (Sweden)
 * the White Eagle (Poland)
 * the Rising Sun (Japan)
 * the Villa Vicosa (Portugal)
 * the White Elephant (Siam)
 * the Lion and the Sun (Persia)
 * the Légion d’honneur (France)
 * Osmanieh (Turkey)
 * Pius IX (Papal States)