Pierre-Paul de La Grandière
Pierre-Paul Marie Benoît de La Grandière | |
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Portrait by Mascré-Souville, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris | |
| Governor of Cochinchina | |
| In office 16 October 1863 – 4 April 1868 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Adolphe Bonard |
| Succeeded by | Marie Gustave Hector Ohier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 June 1807 Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, France |
| Died | 25 August 1876 (aged 69) Quimper, Finistère, France |
| Occupation | Admiral |
Pierre Paul Marie Benoît de La Grandière (28 June 1807 – 25 August 1876) was a French admiral who was Governor of the colony of Cochinchina from 1863 to 1868. He consolidated French control over Vietnam, and developed the city of Saigon as a major port.