Montholon

Montholon, CHARLES TRISTAN DE, Count of Lee, was born at Paris, 1783. Having served in the navy, he entered the army, and was severely wounded at Wagram. Napoleon made him his chamberlain in 1809. During the Hundred Days Montholon was Napoleon's adjutant-general. He accompanied his master to St Helena, and along with Gourgaud published Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de France sous Napoléon (8 vols. 1822-25). As chief of the staff to Louis Napoleon in 1840, he was condemned to twenty years' imprisonment; he regained his freedom in 1848, having published in 1846 Récits de la Captivité de Napoléon (2 vols.). He died 24th August 1853.