François Edmond Eugène de Barlatier de Mas was a French naval officer, born in 1810 in the Saussay

Saussay

Saussay may refer to the following communes in France:*Saussay, Eure-et-Loir, in the Eure-et-Loir département*Saussay, Seine-Maritime, in the Seine-Maritime département*Saussay-la-Campagne, in the Eure département...

. 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

Paul François Ignace de Barlatier de Mas

Paul François Ignace Barlatier de Mas was the second Lord of Le Mas and a French Naval Captain who participated in the American Revolutionary War. He was the Captain of the Alexandre...

 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 General Antoine Joseph Santerre

Antoine Joseph Santerre

Antoine Joseph Santerre was a businessman and general during the French Revolution.-Early life:The Santerre family moved from St. Michel- en Thierrache to Paris in 1747 where they purchased a brewery known as the Brasserie de la Magdeleine...

, and had three 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 16 October 1827, Enseigne de vaisseau on 31 January 1832, Lieutenant on 10 April 1837, and Commander on 9 January 1852; Barlatier de Mas was also an Officer of the Legion of Honor. On 1 January 1860, he became an Aide-Major in Cherbourg, with the Captain, Philippe Robin Du Parc, General mayor of the 1st arrondissement maritime.

Lieutenant de Barlatier de Mas was aboard the French ship Astrolabe on Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer, naval officer and rear admiral, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.-Childhood:Dumont was born at Condé-sur-Noireau...

's expedition to the Southern Seas. The ships left Toulon on 7 September 1837. On 22 January 1838 the ships came across the Antarctic peninsula region. The De Mas Rocks

De Mas Rocks

The De Mas Rocks, also known as Demas Rocks is a group of rocks off the northwest coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica in the approach to Huon Bay, 3 miles northeast of Cape Ducorps. Discovered in March 1838 by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named the rocks after his Lieutenant François...

were named after him during that expedition.

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.