Auguste, comte de La Ferronays
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Pierre Louis Auguste Ferron, Count de La Ferronnays (1777–1842) was French Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 4, 1828 to April 24, 1829.
a few years after Chateaubriand, as he had himself participated in the campaign of the army of Émigrés
in 1792, then emigrated to England where he joined the Duke du Berry
.
At the Bourbon Restoration
, he was appointed brigadier, and peer of France in 1815.
He held several embassies before becoming foreign minister in the Martignac ministry in 1828, for a short tome. During these years he maintained a friendly correspondence with Chateaubriand, that he briefly mentions in his memoirs.
He had children:
He bought the castle Boury-en-Vexin
, in 1835.
Life
Born in Saint-MaloSaint-Malo
Saint-Malo is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel. It is a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine.-Demographics:The population can increase to up to 200,000 in the summer tourist season...
a few years after Chateaubriand, as he had himself participated in the campaign of the army of Émigrés
Émigré armies of the French Revolutionary Wars
The émigré armies of the French Revolutionary Wars were armies raised outside of France by and out of Royalist émigrés, with the aim of overthrowing the French Revolution, reconquering France and restoring the monarchy. These were aided by royalist armies within France itself, such as the Chouans,...
in 1792, then emigrated to England where he joined the Duke du Berry
Charles X of France
Charles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him...
.
At the Bourbon Restoration
Bourbon Restoration
The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...
, he was appointed brigadier, and peer of France in 1815.
He held several embassies before becoming foreign minister in the Martignac ministry in 1828, for a short tome. During these years he maintained a friendly correspondence with Chateaubriand, that he briefly mentions in his memoirs.
He had children:
- Charles, General Counsel of the Oise, the then deputy mayor of Gers and Boury-en-Vexin for 12 years, who married the Countess of Lagrange;
- PaulinePauline Marie Armande CravenPauline Marie Armande Craven née de La Ferronnays was a French author.-Early life:She was the daughter of a Breton nobleman. Her father, the comte Auguste de la Ferronays, was a close friend of the duc de Bern, whom he accompanied on his return to France in 1814...
(1808–1891), by her marriage Mrs. Augustus Craven, novelist; - Eugenie, by marriage Countess Adrien de Mun, mother of the speaker Albert de Mun.
He bought the castle Boury-en-Vexin
Boury-en-Vexin
Boury-en-Vexin is a small village in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise.-References:*...
, in 1835.