Elek Csány
Elek Csány de Csány was a Hungarian nobleman and jurist, who served as deputy magistrate, then chief magistrate of district of Kapornak in Zala County.
He was born into an old noble family as the son of István Csány and Mária Forintos. He had a sister Mária. His uncle was László Csány, a notable liberal politician of the Hungarian Reform Era and Minister of Public Works and Transport during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, who was executed for his revolutionary role in October 1849. Elek Csány was elected chief magistrate with the support of his uncle against his brother-in-law Károly Rumy.
Elek Csány married Szidónia Inkey in 1842, who, as a widow, had a platonic relationship with statesman Ferenc Deák, and later got married again to Géza Báthor. Csány and his wife had three daughters: Paulina, Melánia and Karolina.
Elek Csány died of pneumonia on 18 June 1847.
