René de La Tour du Pin
| François-René de La Tour du Pin Marquis de la Charce |
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| Born | 1 April 1834 Arrancy, France |
| Died | 4 December 1924 (aged 90) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service/branch | French Army |
| Years of service | 1852–1881 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel (France) |
| Battles/wars |
Crimean War, Risorgimento Franco-Prussian War. |
François René de La Tour du Pin, Marquis de la Charce, was a French Military Officer, Politician and Social Reformer.
François-René was born on April 1, 1834, in Arrancy, Aisne, Picardy Region, France ‘’(near Laon)’’. He was the eldest son of Humbert de La Tour du Pin, Marquis de La Charce, and Charlotte Alexandrine de Maussion. François-René was a descendant from an old noble dauphinoise family, Catholic, and royalist.
In 1892, he married his cousin, Marie Séraphine de La Tour du Pin Montauban. The marriage never produced any children.
François-René attended École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1852. As a Junior Officer, he served the Second Empire in the Crimean War, in Second Italian War of Independence and the French Third Republic during the Franco-Prussian War.
Taken prisoner at the surrender of Metz in October 1870, François-René and Albert de Mun, met in a German prisoner of war camp at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), were determined to respond to the dilemma of the working class upon their release from prison. The following year they organized a Catholic Workers’ club, under the name “L’Oeuvre des Cercles Catholiques d’Ouvriers” (Society of Catholic Worker Circles), at the request of Maurice Maignen (founder of the Brothers of St. Vincent de Paul). The clubs spread quickly throughout France. These “circles” or clubs brought together the wealthy and the workers from a given locale for prayer, socializing, and hearing lectures by members of the aristocracy. Previous social writings of Frederic Le Play influences François-René’s political writings.
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