Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre
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– January 8, 1865, Glisolles
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) was a French
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general and statesman.
Son of Gaspard-Paulin, vicomte de Clermont-Tonnerre and Anne-Marie-
Louise Bernard de Boulainvilliers, and grandson of the Marquis de Boulainvilliers, Clermont-Tonnerre lived during the revolution
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with his grandfather.
Life
He entered the École PolytechniqueÉcole Polytechnique
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, before entering the army. He participated in the campaigns in Italy
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, Germany
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and Spain
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and was made adjudant of the King of Naples
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in 1808, in whose service he stayed afterwards. He married Charlotte de Cauvoisin and in 1814 returned to the French army as a colonel, was Maréchal de Camp and after the second return of the king, was made Peer of France and commander of the cavalry of the guard.
Clermont-Tonnerre sided with the moderate conservative party and was named Minister of the Navy and the Colonies in 1820 by Villèle. In 1823, he became Minister of War
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and assiduously reorganized the army.
Clermont-Tonnerre sent Hyacinthe de Bougainville
Hyacinthe de Bougainville
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around the world from 1824 to 1826 onboard Thétis and Espérance.
In 1827, he organized the Algerian expedition
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, executed in 1830.
After the revolution, he refused to swear allegiance to the new government of Louis-Philippe and retired into private life. In 1852, he lobbied for the first rail line between Paris and Cherbourg to pass through the department of Eure
Eure
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. He died on his estate in Glissolles.