it is thought that his son, amalric-frédéric buscarlet, was adopted by an aunt, with whom he lived in england until the age of twelve. he then returned to france, where he completed his education in toulouse, and then went to edinburgh, to study in the theology faculty of the free church. after a short stay in livorno as a suffragan minister, he was ordained as a minister in 1861 and appointed to a newly founded scottish church in naples. he worked there for thirteen years, taking particular interest in educational charities and in the construction of a church, a manse and a school.