Henri Barbet | |
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Deputy for Seine-Inférieure | |
In office 5 July 1831 – 12 June 1842 | |
Deputy for Seine-Inférieure | |
In office 25 June 1844 – 6 July 1846 | |
Preceded by | Jacques Laffitte |
Deputy for Seine-Inférieure | |
In office 31 May 1863 – 27 April 1869 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Déville-lès-Rouen | 23 June 1789
Died | 17 March 1875 Château de Valmont | (aged 85)
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Industrialist, politician |
Henri Barbet (23 June 1789 – 17 March 1875), or Henry Barbet, was a French industrialist and politician. He owned and ran the family cotton spinning and weaving factory in Rouen, one of the most important in the region. For many years he was mayor of Rouen. He was responsible for building two bridges over the Seine, and for a policy of putting the indigent and insane to work in charitable workshops. He was a deputy for the Seine during the July Monarchy and again during the Second French Empire.