When he was very young he enrolled in the Royal Sardinian Army and he was employed in senior roles from the restoration in 1814, when he was part of the Regency Council, as a colonel.

In the meantime, he married the noblewoman Maria Luisa Arborio Di Breme.

On 23 March 1819, he was assigned the role of commandant-general of the Arma dei Carabinieri, a role which he retained until he was promoted to major general and appointed First Secretary of State for War on 27 November 1820.

Subsequently, he was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Russia (16 January 1822 - 22 June 1825).

On account of his passion for history, he became vice-president of the Deputazione Subalpina di storia patria [it] of Turin.