Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I te timatanga he roia me te umanga, i mahi ia hei rangatira o Tournai a ka pootihia hei mema mo te Whare Kaitohutohu o te Netherlands i te wa o te Dutch, ka tae ki te National Congress o Belgium i te 1830, i te mea ko ia tetahi o nga kaihanga o te hanganga o te kingi Belgian
i taua tau. Whai muri i te pooti o Louis, Duke o Nemours i te 3 o Hurae 1832, i uru ia ki te roopu o nga kaitohutohu i tukuna ki Paris ki te tuku i te karauna ki te rangatira taiohi. I mahi ia hei Leopold I o Belgium hei karere ki France me te kaitohutohu ki te Whare Paremata o Belgium. I whakatūria ia hei minita kāwanatanga i te tau 1856.