What is Alexandre Bordes?
{{Infobox person/Wikidata | name = Alexandre Bordes | occupation = shipowner |image = Portrait d'Alexandre Bordes (1860-1943).jpg | birth_date = {{birth date |df=y|1860|12|7}} | birth_place = [[Valparaíso]], Chile | death_date = {{death date |1943|9|21}} | death_place = [[Paris]], France | nationality = {{french}} }} '''Alexandre Bordes''' (1860-1943) was a [[French people|French]] shipowner and senior executive of the shipping company ''Armement Bordes''. == Biography == Alexandre Bordes was born on December 7, 1860 in [[Valparaíso]], [[Chile]], where his father [[Antoine Dominique Bordes|Antoine Dominique]] was a shipowner. In 1878, he was associated with his brothers in the company. On the death of his older brother [[Adolphe Bordes|Adolphe]], he headed the ''Compagnie française d'armement et d'importation de nitrate de soude''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alexandre Bordes (1860-1943)|url=https://data.bnf.fr/15793192/alexandre_bordes/|access-date=|website=data.bnf.fr|language=fr}}.</ref> He became a member of the French Superior Council of the Merchant Navy from 1919 to 1925 . As part of his services for National Defence, he was promoted to Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Base de données Léonore|url=https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/44251#spotlight|access-date=|website=leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr|language=fr}}.</ref> Alexandre Bordes was also chosen in 1936 to hold the position of Secretary of State for the Merchant Navy. He died on September 9, 1943 in [[Paris]], at the age of 59.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1943-12-11|title=Journal des débats politiques et littéraires|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k510821s|access-date=|website=Gallica|language=fr-FR}}.</ref> He was the owner of the Nellcote villa. The award for the Sailing Club's cruise races in [[Villefranche-sur-Mer]] has borne his name since 1928.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1928-09-22|title=Le Yacht : journal de la navigation de pl