BARTHELEMY, FRANcOIS, MARQUIS DE (1 Q47 or I 1830), French politician, was elected a member of the Directory in May 1797, through royalist influence, but was arrested at the coup d'etat of the 18 Fructidor (179 7) and deported to French Guiana, but escaped. He returned to France after the 18 Bru maire, entered the senate in Feb. 1800 and contributed to the establishment of the empire. In 1814 he abandoned Napoleon, and was named peer of France, after the second Restoration receiving the title marquis.
His Papiers were published by J. Kaulek (Paris, 4 vols., 1886-88) .