Charles de Grandmaison
Charles de Grandmaison (May 29, 1824 – June 19, 1903) was a French archivist and historian. Biography. Pierre-"Charles"-Armand de Loizeau de Grandmaison was born in Poitiers. In 1853 he was hired as an archivist in Archives départementales d'Indre-et-Loire. In June of the same year, he met Alexis de Tocqueville, whom he helped greatly in gathering the necessary materials for writing "L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution". Tocqueville mentioned Grandmaison gratefully in the preface of this work. He died in La Membrolle-sur-Choisille. Honors.