Family Background
Ernest Beaux's grandfather, Jean-Joseph Beaux, was a soldier in Napoleon's army. Taken prisoner near Moscow, he remained in Russia after his release. During the 1830s he was a member of a theater troupe associated with the Imperial Theater in Saint Petersburg.
Jean-Joseph Beaux had two sons, Edouard and Hippolyte, both of whom went into commerce rather than follow their father in the theater.
Edouard Beaux had two sons, Edouard and Ernest. Beginning as a clerk with the Scotch-Russian Moscow trading house of Muir & Merrilees, Edouard (Edouardovich), Ernest's older brother, joined A. Rallet & Co., ultimately becoming a member of the board and Deputy Administrator.
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