Louis Defré

Louis Defré, burgomaster of Uccle, lithography by Félicien Rops.

Louis Defré (1816–1880), was a burgomaster mayor of Uccle, Belgium, from 1864 to 1872, and deputy

Biography Louis Defré, was raised in a rigid catholic family and environment, and he studied at the new founded Catholic University of Leuven.

He became in 1839 lawyer, and a member of the House of Representatives.

Under the pseudonym of Maurice Voituron or Joseph Boniface he wrote pamphlets against the clericalism, the Catholic intolerance and the power of the Church in Belgium.

In his honor, his name was given to an avenue of Uccle, the "".

Publications Influence épiscopale: Réponse à M. Prosper Cornesse, ministre de la justice par Louis de Fré, Brussels, 1871.

Publications under the pseudonym of Maurice Voituron Le Parti libéral joué par le Parti catholique, dans la question de l'enseignement supérieur ou Ce que coûte aux contribuables l'Université cléricale de Louvain : épitre à Mgr. De Ram, Brussels by Périchon, 1850.

Publications under the pseudonym Joseph Boniface De l'influence du dogme catholique sur la politique nationale, Brussels, 1855. L'intolérance catholique et les lettres pastorales, Brussels, 1857. Tiel Uylenspiegel patriote, Brussels, 1860. Biographie anecdotique, par un ami d'enfance, Brussels, 1881.