privat joseph claramont, comte pelet de la lozère (12 july 1785 – 9 february 1871) was a french administrator and politician. he served under the regime of napoleon, and as a prefect under the bourbon restoration. he was a deputy from 1827 until 1837, when he was made a peer of france. he was minister of education in 1836 and minister of finance in 1840.