Career
In 1862 he joined the staff of Louisiana Gironde, a Bordeaux daily, where he eventually became editors Appointed prefect of the Haute-Vienne on October 25 of 1870, he resigned on February 6, 1871. He later founded several newspapers successively: L"Indépendance in Bordeaux, Louisiana Charente in Angouleme, and Louisiana Vienne in Poitiers.
He was appointed Prefect of the Rhône in 1882, and as resident-general in Tunisia on November 22 of 1886 till his death at Tunis on November 5 of 1892.