- Camille Blanc
Camille Blanc (1847-1927), was a French municipal leader, with many interests in
Monaco . From 1904 to 1925 he was founding mayor ofBeausoleil , a town adjacent toMonte Carlo , which had previously formed part ofLa Turbie and had been known as Monte-Carlo-Supérieur.Blanc was also for many years President of the Société-des-Bains-de-Mer, of
Monte Carlo , and took a leading part in the administration of theMonte Carlo Casino .In the later years of his administration of
Monte Carlo Casino , his relations withLouis II, Prince of Monaco suffered a setback, and he withdrew toFrance as someone who had become "persona non grata" inMonaco 's official circles.While married to Elizabeth Lanxade, his name was also linked to Madame Chinon, whose excessive gambling habits, indulged by Blanc, were widely believed by some observers to be substantially at the origins of the accusations of mismanagement which eventually led to Prince Louis' intervention and termination of his position at
Monte Carlo Casino .In the closing years of Blanc's life, up to his death in 1927, he suffered severely from paralysis, said to have been derived mainly from the reported stresses of his experience of dealing with the
Monaco authorities.However, the separate existence and prosperity of the neighbouring French town of
Beausoleil may have proved to be Blanc's principal lasting legacy. The town hall ofBeausoleil in the rue de la République has a sculpture and gardens dedicated to the memory of Camille Blanc.Links
* (In French:) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Blanc
* Time Magazine's obituary of Camille Blanc, January 2, 1928 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723393-2,00.html
*
Beausoleil 's municipal site: http://www.beausoleil-tourisme.com/activites-sportives.asp?N=10&G=12&M=Parcours-AUTHENTIQUE#
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
