Paul François Ignace de Barlatier de Mas

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Paul François Ignace Barlatier de Mas was the second Lord of Le Mas (Seigneur du Mas) and a French Naval Captain who participated in the American Revolutionary War. He was the Captain of the Alexandre [1]

Born in 1739, son of Louis Mathieu, a counselour of the parliament of Aix in Provence, and Anne Cécile d´Estienne Blégier, he was the only surviving male son of 7 children. In 1767 he married Anne Marie de Perier de la Garde with whom he had eight children. [2] His direct descendants include Count Pierre Barlatier de Mas, Baron Paul Albert Raymond Barlatier de Mas and the explorer François Edmond Eugene de Barlatier de Mas.

Paul François Ignace was a Garde-Marine in 1755, an Enseigne de Vaisseau in 1757, a Lieutenant de Vaisseau in 1771, and a Capitaine de Vaisseau du Roy in 1781; he retired in 1785 to be a Chef des Classes in the French Antibes from 1786-90. Barlatier de Mas was also a chevalier de St Louis and had a permanent hereditary seat at The Society of the Cincinnati for his contribution to the American Revolutionary War.[3]

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  2. ^ PAUL-FRANCOIS-IGNACE, BARLATIER DE MAS, CAPITAINE DES VAISSEAUX DU ROY. LYON, A. REY, 1918. GRD IN-8, BROCHE
  3. ^ Isc - Cfhm - Ihcc