he was made an officer of the légion d'honneur in 1837, promoted to chef de bataillon du génie in 1841 and made an extraordinary conseiller d'état in 1846. after the french revolution of 1848 he remained loyal to the july monarchy and resigned from public life to devote himself to poetry and literature. in 1856 he took part in unsuccessful intrigues to get comte molé into the académie française.