Paul Augustin Jean Larrouy was a French diplomat born in Lagardelle-sur-Leze in France on 1 January 1857[1] and who died in Buenos Aires on 10 August 1906. Notably, he has been Résident Général in second in Madagascar from March 1888 until 12 December 1889, and in his second term Résident Général in Madagascar from October 1892 until 1894.[2]
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. He leaves Tananarive at his request in 1894, and is succeeded by Charles Le Myre de Vilers. After the stay of the later, France decides a complete annexation of Madagascar in 1896 and call General Joseph Gallieni as Resident and First Madagascar governor
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 Buenos Aires 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.[3]
In Africa he performed several missions related to the French Colonial expansion: In Sub-Saharan Africa, (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[4]), and in Madagascar, starting 17 August 1887 as a Résident Général in second then from 19 August 1892 as Résident Général in Tananarive to the Queen Ranavalona III.
While in Argentina as Extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister in his last rotation, he met Jean-Baptiste Charcot[5] who was preparing his expedition to Antarctica 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 65°52′S et 65° 15′W7.
| From | Until | Where | What | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 December 1873 | 1875 | Buenos Aires Argentina | Chancery clerk | |
| 15 October 1875 | Leipzig Germany | Chancery Manager | ||
| 14 September 1876 | Leipzig Germany | 3rd class Chancellor | ||
| 17 July 1880 | Odessa Russia | Chancellor (non-resident) | ||
| 12 August 1880 | Yokohama Japan | 2nd class Chancellor | ||
| 15 January 1882 | 1 August 1882 | Yokohama Japan | Secretary to the International conference for the revision to the treaties with Japan | |
| 15 June 1883 | Caracas Venezuela | 1st class Chancellor (non-resident) | ||
| 17 August 1887 | 1889 | Résident Général Adjoint | ||
| 18 April 1889 | 1891 | Messina Italy | Consul | |
| 12 January 1891 | 1892 | Dublin Ireland | Consul | |
| 19 August 1892 | 1895 | Tananarive Madagascar | General Resident | |
| 1 February 1896 | Representative of the French government to the conference related on the limit of the French and English spheres of influence in the Niger region | |||
| 1900 | 1902 | Lima Peru | Ambassador | |
| June 1903 | July 1904 | Madrid – Paris | President of the French Delegation to the international commission for the French-Pyrenean railways and delegate of foreign affairs to the French-Spanish evaluation commission of projects for railways through the Pyrenees | |
| 31 December 1904 | 1906 | Buenos Aires Argentina | Extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister |