Editing François Certain de Canrobert (section)

== End of his military career and political career ==
[[File:Marechal Certain de Canrobert by Nelie Jacquemart.png|thumb|right|Formal Portrait of Marshal ''de Canrobert'' by [[Nélie Jacquemart]] (1870).]]

He was then named President of the infantry promotion commission, a member of the [[Conseil supérieur de la guerre]] in 1872, and a member of the defense committee in 1873. He led a political career in the Bonapartist "Call upon the people" group ({{langx|fr|[[:fr:Appel au peuple (France)|Appel au people]]}}), being elected [[Senator]] for Lot in 1876 and for Charente in 1879, a function which he held until 1894. His senate colleague [[Victor Hugo]] would not be tender for him: J'ai vu Canrobert au Sénat. Caboche de reître. Méchant, mais bête (Victor Hugo: "I saw Canrobert in the Senate. Roughneck soldier's head. Mean, but thick).<ref>Victor Hugo, Choses vues, p. 379, Paris, editor Gallimard, folio, 1972, total pages 529, {{ISBN|2-07-036141-1}}</ref>

Close to [[List of Presidents of France|President]]-[[Marshal of France|Marshal]] [[Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta|Duke de Mac Mahon]], he voted for the June 1877 dissolution of the Chamber and supported the short-lived Government of [[Albert, 4th duc de Broglie|Albert de Broglie]] ({{langx|fr|[[:fr:Gouvernement Albert de Broglie (3)|ministère Broglie-Fourtou]]}}). In 1873, he represented the French Government at the funeral of King [[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy|Victor Emmanuel II]]. A well-known figure of the Bonapartist Party, his participation in the political debates was mainly focused on military issues. He generally voted on the conservative side, most notably against bills on education, against judicial reforms, against the expulsion of the princes and against divorce, abstaining on the return to voting by district and on the press freedom restriction bill.

''[[wikt:doyen|Doyen]]''<ref name="ReferenceA"/> of the [[Marshal of France|Marshals of France]] of his time, he attended the funeral of [[Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta|President-Marshal]] [[Duke]] [[Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta|de Mac-Mahon]] and was saluted by [[Russian Navy|Russian]] [[List of Russian admirals|Admiral]] Avellane on behalf of the [[List of Russian rulers|Russian Emperor]] ({{langx|fr|[[:fr:Empereur de Russie|Empereur de Russie]]}}). This was his last public official appearance. He died in his Parisian home, on 28 January 1895. His funeral was celebrated on Sunday, 3 February 1895, at the Church of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides where he was buried. [[Ranks in the French Navy|Amiral]] [[Henri Rieunier]], [[Ministère de la Marine]], was designated to hold one of the five cordons of the funeral chariot.

He owned the Eglantine Castle in [[Jouy-en-Josas]], which since 1991 houses the Musée de la [[Toile#Toile_de_Jouy|toile de Jouy]].