Claude Hochet (24 November 1772 – 3 October 1857) was a French journalist, author and civil servant who was secretary-general of the Conseil d'État from 1816 to 1839.

Claude Hochet was born in Paris on 24 November 1772 in the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, parish of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine.

[1] His parents were Claude Thomas Hochet (1735–1807), a Paris spice merchant, and Marie Elisabeth Révérard (died 1807).

[2] During the French Revolution Hochet joined the army during the mass conscription decreed by the National Convention.

He translated Niccolò Machiavelli's The Art of War, edited the letters of Émilie du Châtelet, and wrote a brochure about the Council of State.

[4] After his release from prison and return to Paris in 1794 Hochet wrote Souvenirs de ma détention en 1793 (Memories of my detention in 1793).

She brought a rich dowry of land, cash, jewels and two houses in Paris, and expected an inheritance from her father.

He rallied to the Bourbons, and by royal order of 6 July 1814 was appointed secretary-clerk of the Committee of Litigation, then secretary of the Council of State.

[2] His brother-in-law, Jean Louis Boigues (1784–1838) was the head of the ironworks at Fourchambault, Nièvre, which became a societé en commandite, a form of limited partnership, after his death.