Ernest de Bouteiller

Ernest de Bouteiller (10 February 1826, Paris – 26 May 1883) was a French historian and politician.

He studied at the École Polytechnique, and for several years served in the French military, receiving the rank of artillery captain in 1857. He later served as deputy mayor of Metz, and from 1864 to 1870 was president of the arrondissement council of Metz. In 1869–70, he held the post of ''député''. In 1872, he was chosen as a chevalier in the Légion d'Honneur.

He served as president of the Société d'archéologie et d'histoire de la Moselle, and from 1874 to 1883 was a member of the Société de l'histoire de Paris et de l'Île-de-France. Provided by Wikipedia