Claude Bouchinet-Serreulles was born on 26 January 1912 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. He was married to Janine Raynaud and Marie-Hélène Blanchy. He died on 8 December 2000 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France.
Résistant, he used as one of his pseudonyms, Serreulles his mother's last name. He is the half-brother of Robert de Saint Jean. He became a diplomat after the war.