Maximim-Dominique Consolat was born on 4 August 1785 in Le Bar-sur-Loup, Var, France.[1] He was educated in Draguignan, where he was a very good student in mathematics.[1]
His three uncles worked as merchants in Saint Petersburg, Russia,[1] where they had established the first Franco-Russian trading operation to date.[1]
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In 1800, at the age of fifteen, Consolat moved to Russia, where he worked for his uncles.[1] Shortly after, he served on the Board of Directors of their company.[1] He worked for the family business in Russia for twenty-three years, until 1823.[1]
In 1830, he became postmaster in Marseille.[1] Later that year, he served as Deputy Mayor, while Joseph Alexis Rostand was Mayor.[1][3] On 12 September 1831 he was appointed as Mayor, serving until 1843.[1] He oversaw relief efforts in Marseille during the epidemics of cholera of 1834 and 1835.[1] In 1834, he paved the way for the Canal de Marseille and the construction of the Roquefavour Aqueduct.[1][4] He was replaced by André Raynard in 1843.[3]
He became a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1832 and an Officer in 1834.[1]
He married one of his cousins in the 1820s.[1] He was a practicing Roman Catholic.[1] He received treatments for his recurring stomach upsets in Vichy.[1]
He died on 29 July 1858 of stomach upset.[1]
