Charles-Roux started his career by working for his father's company. He subsequently worked for the
Marseille chamber of commerce. Charles-Roux served on the boards of directors of the
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, the
Compagnie Fraissinet, the
Companie des Messageries Maritimes, the Compagnie des correspondances fluviales du Tonkin, the Distilleries de la Méditerranée and the
Banque de France. He was also on the board of the
Suez Canal Company, eventually serving as its vice president in 1897. Charles-Roux was a supporter of the
French colonial empire and free market economics, partly due to the influence of
Léon Say. He served on the city council of Marseille from 1887 to 1889. He served as a member of the
Chamber of Deputies from 1889 to 1898. During his tenure, he supported pro-French tariffs and subsidies to French shipping companies. Charles-Roux was a collector of old manuscripts. He was a Commander of the
Legion of Honour, a Commander of the
Order of Christ, and an Officer of the
Order of the Medjidie. ==Personal life and death==