 Jean-Victor took over his father's last position at the Chambre des Comptes and emigrated at the Revolution, serving first in the artillery of the Army of the Princes in Germany, and after its disbanding going into exile in England, living in London for a decade before returning to France during the Napoleonic Regime.Ferdinand was appointed bishop of Carcassone by Napoleon and was granted the title of Baron by him, and finally Arnaud-Joseph became a Councillor of State under Louis XVIII.It was this last-named king who, on his ascension in 1814, granted the hereditary title of Baron to the son of the unfortunate guillotined Arnaud Jr. in recognition of the signal services which he had performed for his King during the Revolution, and for his ultimate sacrifice.