Pierre de Montgolfier-Verpilleux

Pierre-Louis-Adrien de Montgolfier-Verpilleux (6 November 1831 – 23 January 1913) was a French engineer who became a representative of the Loire in the National Assembly, and then a senator. He was responsible for various hydraulic works in the Loire department. In the last half of his life he was responsible for a major iron and steel company, making heavy armaments and railway tracks.