| Adolphe de Chambrun | |
| Birth Name: | Charles-Adolphe Pineton de Chambrun |
| Birth Place: | Marvejols, Lozère, France |
| Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Education: | École Nationale des Chartes |
| Occupation: | Historian, jurist, writer |
| Boards: | Marie Simone Victorine Virginie de Framond de La Framondie |
| Spouse: | Louis-Charles Pineton de Chambrun Marie Henriette Hélène Marthe Tircuy de Corcelle |
| Children: | 4 |
| Relatives: | Francisque de Corcelle (father-in-law) Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (son-in-law) René de Chambrun (grandson) |
Charles-Adolphe Pineton de Chambrun, Marquis of Chambrun (10 August 1831 – 13 September 1891) was a French historian, jurist and non-fiction writer.
Adolphe de Chambrun was born on 10 August 1831, in Marvejols, Lozère, France. He was the son of Marie Simone Victorine Virginie de Framond de La Framondie (b.) and Count Louis-Charles Pineton de Chambrun (1774–1860), émigré of the Army of Condé, colonel of cavalry, deputy of Lozère.[1]
He was a first cousin of Joseph Dominique Aldebert de Chambrun, a prefect, deputy of Lozère, and senator, and Charles de Chambrun, a member of the Chamber of Deputies.[2]
De Chambrun was an historian and a jurist.[1] He served as a legal attache at the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.[3] [4]
De Chambrun was the author of several books on the United States.
On 8 June 1859 at the Église de la Madeleine in Paris, de Chambrun married Marie Henriette Hélène Marthe Tircuy de Corcelle, a daughter of Francisque de Corcelle and granddaughter of Marie Antoinette Virginie du Motier de La Fayette (daughter of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette). In New York, they resided on West 23rd Street in Chelsea, Manhattan.[4] Together, they had one daughter and three sons:
De Chambrun died in 1891 in New York City.[3] [4]