Jacques de Waru

Jacques de Waru was a member of an aristocratic French family that had been close to the French monarchy since its’ restoration in 1804. His grandfather, Adolphe, made a personal fortune in banking and served as a regent of the Banque de France from 1856-71.

Jacques appeared at the 1900 Olympic Games when the equestrian discipline of four-in-hand carriage driving made its one and only Olympic appearance. The sport, considered as one only for the affluent in society, is still contested at the World Equestrian Games but has not come close to a return to the Olympic Program. Full details of the event are not forthcoming, but it’s known that he placed outside the top four.

His mother, Jeanne de Sade, was a granddaughter of the infamous Marquis de Sade, the libertine, politician and writer of heavily erotic fiction.