Chambrene, Adolphe de

Charles Adolphe de Chambrene (August 11, 1831, Marvejols - September 13, 1891, Washington ^[3] ) - French lawyer , publicist, marquis de Pineton.

He came from a military family, his father and grandfather were in the military. He was, according to the memoirs of contemporaries, the real head of the family. He had a law degree, since 1853 was an archivist and paleographer. Fluent in English. After Napoleon III came to power, he released several pamphlets in which he severely criticized the regime of the Second Empire ^[4] , after which it became undesirable for him to remain in France.

In December 1864, he was appointed as a judicial adviser at the French embassy in the United States, where he had the intention to subsequently transport his family and where he lived until the end of his life ^[5] . In America, he met with Abraham Lincoln, many local lawyers, with whom he often wrote about meetings with his wife.

His son Charles Chambrene (1873-1952) became an academician and subsequently translated these letters into English. In America, Chambrene was also involved in the writing of scholarly works on jurisprudence, law practice, and taught constitutional law.

Major works: “Du Régime parlementaire en France; essai de politique contemporaine ”(Paris, 1857); "Le Pouvoir executif aux Etats-Unis, étude de droit constitutionnel" (New York, 1873 and Paris, 1876).