Background
François-Bernard de Chauvelin was born on November 29, 1766 in Paris, France.
François-Bernard de Chauvelin was born on November 29, 1766 in Paris, France.
François-Bernard de Chauvelin served in the army of Flanders, and then was sent to London in February 1792, to induce England to remain neutral in the war which was about to break out between France and "the king of Bohemia and Hungary. " He was well received at first, but after the 10th of August 1792 he was no longer officially recognized at court, and on the execution of Louis XVI (216t of January 1793) he was given eight days to leave England. After an unsuccessful embassy in Tuscany, he was imprisoned as a suspect during the Terror, but freed after the 9th Thermidor. Under Napbleon he became a member of the council of state, and from 1812 to 1814 he governed Catalonia under the title of interidant-general, being charged to win over the Catalonians to King Joseph Bonaparte. He remained in private life during the Restoration and the Hundred Days.
In February 1792 François-Bernard de Chauvelin married Herminie-Felicienne-Joséphine.
