French romantic poet and diplomat, author of The Genius of Christianity (1802). He was a supporter of the Bourbon restoration. He was ambassador to Great Britain in 1822.

REFERENCES TO François-René, viscomte de Chateaubriand:

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 17 December 1803 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Henry Grey Bennet to Thomas Creevey, 3 April 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Marquis de Lafayette to Lady Morgan, 30 October 1816 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Sharon Turner to John Murray, 1817 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Sydney Smith to John Allen, 3 March 1823 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Charles Lamb to Peter George Patmore, 19 July 1827 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Peter George Patmore, 19 July 1827 in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854)

Letitia Landon to William Jerdan, 19 July [1834] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 14 March 1849 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)