François de Clermont-Tonnerre (politician)


François de Clermont-Tonnerre was a French aristocrat and agrarian conservative politician.

Early life

François de Clermont-Tonnerre was born on September 19, 1906 in Paris, France. Both his father, Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre and his mother, Jeanne de Kergorlay, were aristocrats.
He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes in Paris.

Career

He joined the French Agrarian and Peasant Party, an agrarian conservative political party He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Somme from 1936 to 1942.
He co-authored Le manifeste paysan: essai d'une doctrine humaniste appliquée à l'agriculture française with Pierre Mathé, published in 1937.

Personal life

He married Charlotte de Rohan-Chabot. They had four children. They resided at the Château de Bertangles in Bertangles, Somme.

Death

He died on December 2, 1979 in Paris, France.