Baron Jean-Jacques Baude was born in Valence, Drôme on 19 February 1792, where his father was Attorney General.

[2] Baude recognized Louis XVIII of France in the first restoration, but on the return of Napoleon placed himself at the head of the guards who opposed the advance of the Duke of Angoulême on Lyon.

[2] The July Revolution, which brought his political friends to power, at first gave Baude an important place in the Orléanist party.

On 10 November, when the Count of Montalivet succeeded Guizot, Baude was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Interior.

[2] On 14 February 1831, the anniversary of the death of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Baude had to deal with disturbance that were suppressed by the National Guard.

After returning to private life he authored various papers on the navigation of the Loire, the Isthmus of Suez, Algeria, and the Channel coast (1859).