Armand Fresneau

Armand Félix Fresneau (5 January 1823 – 13 November 1900) was a French politician. He was a deputy in the French Second Republic and again in the French Third Republic, and then was a Senator until his death. He was a right-wing supporter of the Catholic Church and of the Bourbon pretenders to the throne of France. Life Monarchy (1823–48) Armand Félix Fresneau was born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, on 5 January 1823. His parents were René Fresneau (1789–1855), a departmental prefect, and Amélie Jambin (–1864). His father was Prefect of Corsica under the government of the July Monarchy. He studied at Rennes. In 1847 due to his father's influence he became the private secretary of Tanneguy Duchâtel, the Minister of the Interior. He expected to pursue a career in diplomacy.