sentences:  Born in Paris, he was the eldest son of Charles Raynart Laure Félix, duc de Choiseul, who had been a deputy and leader of the National Guard under the First French Empire, and his wife (née de Breteuil); the couple also had another son, Edgar Laure Charles Gilbert, and three daughters.He became a member of the Chamber for the department of Seine-et-Marne, and was later a "chevalier d'honneur" to Hélène, wife of Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans.A duke since 1841, Choiseul-Praslin was created a Peer of France on 6 April 1845.