François Edmond Eugene de Barlatier de Mas

François Edmond Eugene de Barlatier de Mas was a French naval officer, born in 1810 in the Saussay. He was the son of Auguste de Barlatier de Mas 1781-1836 and Sophie Joséphine Archdeacon 1785-1857, and grandson of the Famous Captain Paul François Ignace de Barlatier de Mas who fought in the American war of independence against the English and was awarded a permanent seat in the The General Society of the Cincinnati. He married Thérèse Armandine Santerre, great-niece of the General Antoine Joseph Santerre, and had 3 children, Sophie de Barlatier de Mas Peghoux 1842-1918, Armand Auguste de Barlatier de Mas 1845-1894 and Jacques Edmond de Barlatier de Mas 1851-1857.

François Edmond entered the Navy in 1827, being an aspirant on October 16th, 1827, Enseigne de vaisseau on January 31st, 1832, Lieutenant on April 10th, 1837, Commander on January 9th, 1852; Barlatier de Mas was also an officer of the Legion of Honour. On January 1, 1860, he became an Aide-Major in CHERBOURG, with the Captain, Philippe ROBIN DU PARC, General mayor of the 1st arrondissement maritime. [Annuaire de la Marine 1860]

Lieutenant de Barlatier de Mas was aboard the French ship Astrolabe (1817) on Jules Dumont d'Urville expedition to the Southern Seas. The ships left Toulon on September the 7th 1837. January the 22nd 1838 the ships came across the Antarctic peninsula region. The De Mas Rocks were named after him during that expedition. [ [http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/antarctic_whos_who_dumont_durville_astrolabe_zelee.htm Jules Sébastian César Dumont D'Urville Astrolabe and Zéléé 1837- 1840 ] ]

During his travels to the South Seas Barlatier de Mas collected a vast ensemble of art which is now part of the collection of the Musée de Beaux-Arts de Dunkerque. [ [http://www.tribalartmagazine.com/en/musees/musee_de_beaux_arts_de_dunkerque.html Tribal Art ] ]

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