8 LAMAJiCA', BIS LIFE AND WORK 



formed a branch in Picardy in the reign of Louis 

 XIV. or later. 



Lamarck's grandfather, Phihppe de Monet, "sei- 

 gneur de Bazentin et autres lieux," was also "chevalier 

 de I'ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis, com'mand- 

 ant pour le roi en la ville et chateau de Dinan, pen- 

 sionnaire de sa majesty." 



The descendants of Philippe de Lamarck were, 

 adds de Cauna, thus thrown into two branches, or at 

 least two offshoots or stems (brisures), near P^ronne. 

 But the actual posterity of the Monet of Picardy was 

 reduced to a single family, claiming back, with good 

 reason, to a southern origin. One of its scions in the 

 maternal line was a brilliant officer of the military 

 marine and also son-in-law of a very distinguished 

 naval officer. 



The family of Monet was represented among the 

 French nobihty of 1789 by Messires de Monet de 

 Caixon and de Monet de Saint-Martin. By marriage 

 their grandson was connected with an honorable fam- 

 ily of Montant, near Saint-Sever-Cap. 



Another authority, the Abb6 J. Dulac, has thrown 

 additional light on the genealogy of the de Lamarck 

 family, which, it may be seen, was for at least three 

 centuries a military one.* The family of Monet 

 Seigneur de Saint-Martin et de Sombran, was main- 

 tained as a noble one by order of the Royal Council 

 of State of June 20, 1678. He descended (i) from 

 Bernard de Monet, esquire, captain of the chateau of 

 Lourdes, who had as a son (ii) Etienne de Monet 



* Revue de Gascogne, pp. 264-269, 1876. 



