Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, 8th Duke of Gramont
Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, 8th Duke of Gramont (Antoine Louis Marie; 17 August 1755 – 28 August 1836), was a French military officer, diplomat and parliamentarian.[1]
Life and career
[edit]He was known by the courtesy title of comte de Louvigny before his marriage, on 16 April 1780, to Aglaé de Polignac (1768–1803), daughter of Yolande de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac. At that point, he was accorded the style of duc de Guiche, since he was the heir presumptive to the Dukedom of Gramont. In 1801, he succeeded a cousin as the 8th Duke of Gramont and the Prince of Bidache.[2]
He served as a captain in the Royal Garde du Corps before fleeing to Britain at the outset of the French Revolution. In 1805 he joined the British 10th Light Dragoons as a cornet,[3] was promoted to lieutenant later that year[4] and made captain of a troop in 1809,[5] serving in the Peninsular War. He remained loyal to the House of Bourbon, becoming a military commander under Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême. He later served briefly as French ambassador to the Court of St James's under the Bourbon Restoration.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ www.burkespeerage.com
- ^ Ormancey, Abbé d' (1848), Illustrations de la noblesse européenne
- ^ "No. 15774". The London Gazette. 22–26 January 1805. p. 109.
- ^ "No. 15864". The London Gazette. 19–23 November 1805. p. 1446.
- ^ "No. 16235". The London Gazette. 7–11 March 1809. p. 305.
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