[2] He was the grand nephew of Napoleon's marshal and brother in law Joachim Murat, the King of Naples.

He was attached to the mission of Alexandre Colonna-Walewski in Florence in 1849, and was acting French chargé d'affaires in that city from January to July 1852.

In 1856 he accompanied Charles de Morny, Ambassador Extraordinary to Saint Petersburg, for the coronation of the Emperor Alexander II of Russia.

He was chosen as national deputy on 5 February 1854 in a by-election to replace Joseph Lafon de Cayx(fr), who had died, in the first constituency of Lot.

[3] In the 1869 legislature he sat with the Center-Right group, holding office until the defeat at the Battle of Sedan was followed by the declaration of the French Third Republic on 4 September 1870.

[1] Under the Third Republic Murat was elected representative for Lot in the National Assembly on 8 February 1871, holding office until 7 March 1876.

He voted for peace with Prussia, for repeal of the exile of the princes, for the resignation of Adolphe Thiers, against the government of Albert de Broglie and against the constitutional laws.