Jacques Albert Verly was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 5 January 1815, was a French commanding officer of Emperor Napoleon III, accompanying him in many battles, and a member of the Cent-gardes Squadron created in May 1854.

[1] Promoted to captain in 1852, he moved on to the Regiment of Guides, embryo of the guard which provided security for the Prince President.

In the middle of his social life, richly married, he took part in military campaigns accompanying the Emperor Napoleon III.

He is made Baron of the empire in 1867, Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1869, receiving numerous foreign decorations thereafter.

Despite being linked to the splendor of the empire, he suddenly falls prisoner of the emperor in Sedan.