François de Clermont-Tonnerre (politician)

François de Clermont-Tonnerre (1906–1979) was a French aristocrat and agrarian conservative politician.

Early life
He was born on September 19, 1906, in Paris, France. Both his father, Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre and his mother, Jeanne de Kergorlay, were aristocrats.

He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes in Paris.

Career
He joined the French Agrarian and Peasant Party, an agrarian conservative political party He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Somme from 1936 to 1942.

He co-authored Le manifeste paysan: essai d'une doctrine humaniste appliquée à l'agriculture française with Pierre Mathé, published in 1937.

On 10 July 1940, he voted in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France. Later, he went to French North Africa and joined the Free French forces. After World War II, he was active in the Rally of the French People (RPF).

Personal life
He married Charlotte de Rohan-Chabot. They had four children. They resided at the Château de Bertangles in Bertangles, Somme.

Death
He died on December 2, 1979, in Paris, France.