| Eugène Jean Marie Arnaudeau | |
| Birth Date: | 8 September 1821 |
| Birth Place: | Laon, Aisne, France |
| Death Place: | Sèvres-Anxaumont, Vienne, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Major General |
| Known For: | Senator |
Eugène Jean Marie Arnaudeau (8 September 1821 – 3 May 1891) was a French army officer who later became a Senator of the Third Republic.
Eugène Jean Marie Arnaudeau was born on 8 September 1821 in Sèvres-Anxaumont, Vienne.He graduated from the Ecole polytechnique and became an officer of the engineers.He advanced steadily through the ranks of the army, becoming sub-lieutenant in 1843, lieutenant in 1845, captain in 1849, battalion commander on 17 January 1855 and lieutenant colonel on 21 January 1860.In 1861 he married Marie-Félicité Creuzé.
Arnaudeau was promoted to colonel on 16 May 1863 and brigadier general of the infantry on 27 February 1868.His first campaigns were in Africa.On 7 June 1865 he was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour.During the Franco-Prussian War (19 July 1870 – 10 May 1871) he commanded a brigade in the 3rd Corps under Bazaine.After this he commanded the Angoulême brigade. He was made a divisional general on 30 December 1875 and commanded the 16th Infantry Division, including the subdivisions from Cosne, Bourges and Nevers.
In 1877 Arnaudeau was Conservative candidate in the senatorial by-election for Vienne that followed the death of Louis Olivier Bourbeau, former Minister of Education.He was elected on 2 December 1877. He sat on the right and voted with the Conservatives.He was reelected on 8 January 1882.He made his last speech in 1889 during the debate over the amnesty law.Arnaudeau failed to be reelected to the Senate on 4 January 1891, and retired.
Arnaudeau owned the property of "La Brunetière" in Sèvres-Anxaumont, Vienne.While in the military he used his leave periods to improve the mansion, adding a tower from which he could use powerful binoculars to watch the military maneuvers at Poitiers.In 1876 he erected a building in Sèvres to hold the town hall, school and teacher's residence, with a garden.He was made Mayor of Sèvres in 1888.He undertook agricultural experiments, trying to apply scientific concepts of the age.These included applying lime to the land, and a lime kiln still exists at Sèvres today.He died there on 3 May 1891.With no descendants, he left all his property to the commune.
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