U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte who started the FBI on July 26, 1908 was this relation to the legendary Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Grandson
- Great grandson
- Great nephew
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U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte who started the FBI on July 26, 1908 was this relation to the legendary Napoleon Bonaparte.
Great nephew. Charles Bonaparte was the grandson of Jerome Bonaparte (King of Westphalia, a section of Germany) whose older brother was Napoleon. As attorney general under President Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Bonaparte was Roosevelt’s chief trust buster.