1833 - manager of Breguet et Fils watchmakers after his father Louis Antoine Breguet retired; noted for his work in the early days of telegraphy; father of Antoine Breguet (1851–1882) who joined the family electrical business. Breguet et fils met Alexander Graham Bell and obtained a license to manufacture Bell telephones for the French market; grandfather of Louis Charles Breguet (1880-1955), aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer.