Victor Destutt de Tracy [SEP] educated at
Napoleon III, and left politics in 1852.
Early years.
Alexandre César Victor Charles Destutt de Tracy was born in Paris on 9 September 1781. 
His father was Antoine Destutt de Tracy, an aristocrat, philosopher and deputy in the Estates-General for Moulins, Allier.
Victor Destutt de Tracy entered the "École Polytechnique" in 1791, and graduated as an engineer. He was appointed lieutenant in 1800.
In 1804 he was appointed second captain in the fourth sapper battalion.
Destutt de Tracy
Victor Destutt de Tracy
Alexandre César Victor Charles Destutt de Tracy (; 9 September 1781 – 13 March 1864) was a French soldier and politician, son of the philosopher Antoine Destutt de Tracy.
He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was taken prisoner in Russia in 1812.
Destutt de Tracy was an opposition deputy during the subsequent Bourbon and Orleans monarchies. 
In the French Second Republic he was minister of Navy and Colonies from December 1848 to October 1849.
He was strongly opposed to the seizure of power by