Baron Édouard Eugène François Descamps (1847–1933) was a Belgian jurist and politician who was known as a contributor to

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Family

He was the son of Edouard-J. Descamps and Sylvie Van der Elst. He was married to Maria David-Fischbach Malacord (1860–1921), who gave him three sons (of whom one died): * Pierre Descamps (1884–1965) * Emmanuel Descamps (1886–1968)

Career

He was a law professor at the University of Louvain, and it was at his suggestion that a committee of the

League of Nations The League of Nations (LN or LoN; , SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace ...

proposed an

international court of justice The International Court of Justice (ICJ; , CIJ), or colloquially the World Court, is the only international court that Adjudication, adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on International law, internation ...

. Between 1901–1907 and 1911–1914, he was president of the Senate, and he served until 1910 as Minister of sciences and arts.

Honours

* :

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, by Royal Decree. * : Created

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Descamps, by Royal Decree in 1904. * : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold. * : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown, RD in 1919. * : Knight Grand Officer of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

. * : Knight Grand Cross in the

Order of the Crown of Italy The Order of the Crown of Italy ( or OCI) was founded as a national order in 1868 by King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele II, to commemorate Italian unification, the unification of Italy in 1861. It was awarded in five degrees for ...

. * : Knight Grand Cross in the

Order of the Netherlands Lion The Order of the Netherlands Lion, also known as the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands (, ) is a Dutch honours system, Dutch order of chivalry founded by William I of the Netherlands on 29 September 1815. The Order of the Netherlands Lion wa ...

. * : Knight Grand Cross in the

Order of the Rising Sun The is a Japanese honors system, Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge feat ...

. * : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Phoenix. * : Knight Grand Cross in the

Order of the Oak Crown The Order of the Oak Crown (, , ) is an order (honour), order of the Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. History The Order of the Oak Crown was established in 1841 by William II of the Netherlands, Grand Duke William II, who was also King o ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Descamps, Edouard 1847 births 1933 deaths 19th-century Belgian politicians 20th-century Belgian politicians Belgian jurists Belgian barons Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun Grand Crosses of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) Recipients of the Legion of Honour Academic staff of the Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)