Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat [SEP] place of death
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat
Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (7 June 1866, Paris, France – 20 November 1903, Le Cannet, France) was a French aristocrat and race car driver. He was the son of Prosper, Marquis of Chasseloup-Laubat, minister of Napoleon III, and of his American wife Marie-Louise Pilié. 
He is known for setting the first recognised automobile land speed record on December 18, 1898, in Achères, Yvelines, using a Jeantaud electric car. The record was
Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (1867–1903), a race car driver, is known for setting the first recognised automobile land speed record.
The Marquis of Chasseloup-Laubat was President of the Société de géographie from 1864 to his death, and used also that honorary position to propagate his colonial agenda.
Honours.
- Commander (1851), then Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (18 September 1860)
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Grand Cross of