Paul Augustin Jean Larrouy was a French diplomat born in Lagardelle-sur-Leze in France on 1 January 1857File for the title Officer of the French Legion d'Honneur on the database Leonore and who died in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

on 10 August 1906. Notably, he has been Résident Général in second in

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from March 1888 until 12 December 1889, and in his second term Résident Général in Madagascar from October 1892 until 1894.

Action in Madagascar

Paul Augustin Jean Larrouy's role during his second stay in Madagascar as General Resident was to maintain the French Authority without losing face in front of a non-abiding Malagasy power supported by England. The Malagasy government was confronted to a Menalamba revolt against the agreements signed with France in 1885 by the queen

Ranavalona III Ranavalona III (; 22 November 1861 – 23 May 1917) was the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from 30 July 1883 to 28 February 1897 in a reign marked by ultimately futile efforts to resist the colonial designs of the go ...

. He leaves

Tananarive Antananarivo (Malagasy language, Malagasy: ; French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known ...

at his request in 1894, and is succeeded by

Charles Le Myre de Vilers Charles-Marie Le Myre de Vilers (17 February 1833 – 9 March 1918) was a French naval officer, then departmental administrator. He was governor of the colony of Cochinchina (1879–1882) and resident-general of Madagascar (1886–1888). He was ...

. After the stay of the later, France decides a complete annexation of Madagascar in 1896 and call General

Joseph Gallieni Joseph Simon Gallieni (24 April 1849 – 27 May 1916) was a French military officer, active for most of his career as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies where he wrote several books on colonial affairs. He was rec ...

as Resident and First Madagascar governor

Assignments

After graduating with a law degree (doctorat de Droit) Paul Augustin Jean Larrouy has had a very rich diplomatic career started in 1873 as chancery clerk in

and finished in Buenos Aires as Ambassador and Plenipotentiary Minister. He climbed the ladder following his various assignments in South America, in Europe, in Asia, and in Africa. He is sent in Japan (Yokohama) in 1882 and is secretary to the International conference for revision of Treaties with Japan. In Africa he performed several missions related to the French Colonial expansion: In

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, (Envoy of the French Government to the conference related to the delimitation of French and English spheres of influence in the Niger region in February 1896), and in

, starting 17 August 1887 as a Résident Général in second then from 19 August 1892 as Résident Général in

to the Queen

. While in

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as Extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister in his last rotation, he met

Jean-Baptiste Charcot Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of Reykjavik, Iceland), was a French scientist, medical doctor ...

Journal de l’expédition Antarctique française, 1903-1905, Le "Francais" au Pole Sud who was preparing his expedition to

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between 1903 and 1905. He became one of the sponsor of the expedition. Charcot gave his name to Larrouy Island, a newly found island located at .

References

External links

* Leonore data base of the French Légion d'honneu

* web site of French foreign affairs : Topic Madagasca

* Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République Française, Volume 189

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