Privat Joseph Claramont, comte Pelet de la Lozère (12 July 1785 – 9 February 1871) was a French administrator and politician.

Privat Joseph Claramont, Count Pelet de la Lozère, was born on 12 July 1785 in Saint-Jean-du-Gard, Gard.

[1] He was the oldest son of Jean Pelet de la Lozère (1759–1842), a deputy to the French National Convention, and of Marie Antoinette Rodier.

He offered a post to Pelet, but Soult's proposed cabinet was blocked by the personal influence of king Louis Philippe.

[1] The Thiers cabinet was dissolved on 6 September 1836 due to a serious disagreement between the king and his advisers over policy regarding Spain.

On 1 March 1840 Thiers was again called upon to form a cabinet from the center-left, and Pelet de la Lozère was given the Finance portfolio.