Claude Testot-Ferry [SEP] place of death
Claude Testot-Ferry
Général Baron Claude Testot-Ferry (20 May 1773, Arnay-le-Duc – 25 August 1856, Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte-d'Or) was a cavalry veteran of the armies of the First French Republic, First French Empire and Bourbon Restoration.
Life.
Life Origins.
Claude Testot-Ferry was descended from the Testot family (from Côte-d'Or in Burgundy), which had "provided intellectuals, magistrates, army officers and ecclesiastics from an early date"
la Noblesse Française (ANF) since 1951, and is still represented today.
Descendants.
Général Baron Claude Testot-Ferry had 8 children, 4 from his first marriage and 4 from his second (after his first wife's death). These included Gustave Testot-Ferry (his first name is an anagram of Auguste in tribute to Claude's great friend Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais), whose descendants form the elder branch of the family, and Henry Testot-Ferry, whose descendants form the