Charles Louis Bernard de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville (1 November 1770– 1 November 1846). was a French aristocrat and political figure, the father of Joseph d'Haussonville.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. "Haussonville, Joseph Othenin Bernard de Cléron, Comte d'". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edn) (Cambridge University Press; 1911).
Biography He was the son of Joseph-Louis d'Haussonville and Antoinette-Marie de Régnier.
He first fought against the French Revolution in the Armée des Émigrés and the British Army. He returned to France at the time of the French Consulate.
A chamberlain at the court of Napoleon I, and a count of the French Empire, under the Bourbon Restoration d'Haussonville became a Peer of France and an opponent of the conservative Jean-Baptiste Villèle ministry.
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