Julius Hoste Sr.
Julius Hoste Sr., was a Belgian writer and businessman. He is the father of Julius [Hoste Jr.]
In 1888, he founded the moderate liberal Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws. For the Flemish theatre in Brussels, he wrote several very successful historical plays, such as De Brusselsche straatzanger and De kleine patriot. He was a freemason, and a member of the lodge Les [Amis Philanthropes] of the Grand [Orient of Belgium] in Brussels.