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Count François de Nicolay (31 August 1919 - 21 November 1963) was a member of the House of Nicolay in France who was a farm manager, arboriculturist, and a politician who was elected to the Senate of France. Part of the French nobility, he was born in the town of Le Lude in the Sarthe department of France, a descendant of the . His grandfather was the mayor of Le Lude for more than fifty years. His great-uncle, , owner of the Château du Lude, served as Minister of Public Works in the Second French Empire, and was a Senator for Sarthe between 1876 and 1882. After graduating from the ESSEC Business school in Paris, François de Nicolay remained in the city where he went to work as an executive with the women's magazine, ''Femmes d'aujourd'hui''. At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the French military and served until the Armistice was signed and the German Occupation began. Back home in Le Lude, he oversaw forestry and farming operations which included the breeding of Thoroughbred horses. ==Political career== Following the end of the War, on May 8, 1945 François de Nicolay was elected as a council member for Le Lude and subsequently served as deputy mayor. In 1949 he was elected to the General Council of Sarthe and was its President in 1952 and 1958. In 1959, François de Nicolay was elected to the Senate of France as an Independent Republican. Among his responsibilities, he served on the Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces. While still in office, he died at age forty-four in 1963 as a result of a traffic accident. The Avenue François-de-Nicolay in Sablé-sur-Sarthe and Place François de Nicolay in Le Lude are named in his memory. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「François de Nicolay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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