[1] In the early days of the French Revolution 1789–1799 he was a member of the pro-monarchy Chevaliers du poignard (Knights of the dagger) who placed themselves at the service of King Louis XVI.

[2] La Bourdonnaye left France to join the army of Condé in October 1791, and spent several months in Switzerland after it was dissolved.

He remained there until October 1802, when he returned to live at the Château de Mésangeau in the Drain commune of the Maine-et-Loire department.

[2] In 1802 La Bourdonnaye was called to the electoral college of the Maine-et-Loire department to represent the canton of Champtoceaux.

The first was those who held important military or civil positions during the Hundred Days in 1815 when Napoleon regained power.

The Amnesty Bill tabled by the Duke of Richelieu on 8 December 1815 drew on La Bourdonnaye's proposal but was more lenient, and was accepted.

He continued to battle in the chamber, and joined with the left to attack the second Richelieu ministry, which was forced to resign in December 1821 after several hostile votes.

[3] When Jules de Polignac formed his ministry in August 1829, he gave La Bourdonnaye the portfolio of the Interior.

The appointment was highly controversial, and the liberal press recalled his association with the amnesty laws and the proscriptions, and with the oppression and executions that had followed in the south of France.

La Bourdonnaye was unable to accept cabinet discipline, and resigned on 8 November 1829 when Polignac was made president of the council of ministers.

He was named Minister of State and member of the Privy Council by a royal decree on 27 January 1830, and was raised to the peerage.