Édouard Pottier
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| Born | 6 July 1839 Strasbourg, France |
| Died | 3 August 1903 (aged 64) Rochefort, France |
| Allegiance |
 France
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| Service/ |
 French Navy
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| Rank | Vice Admiral |
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| Awards | Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour |
Édouard Pottier (6 July 1839–3 August 1903) was a French admiral. During his career, he served in various regions of the world and took part in the operations leading to the occupation of Veracruz in 1861 during the Second French intervention in Mexico and the conquest of Vĩnh Long Province in 1867, which added that territory to French Cochinchina. Promoted to captain in 1886, he served in the Mediterranean and the Levant. Promoted to rear admiral in 1893 and vice admiral in 1898, he served as commander of the International Squadron, a multinational squadron which intervened in the Cretan revolt of 1897-1898 against the Ottoman Empire. In 1900 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the French Far East Squadron.
Pottier was born in Strasbourg on 6 July 1839 and entered the French Navy as a cadet at Brest in 1855. Promoted to midshipman on 1 August 1857, he made his first cruise, operating in the Pacific Ocean aboard the 30-gun sailing corvette Constantine. In March 1861, he was assigned to the sailing corvette Expeditive on the Iceland Station. He was promoted to enseigne de vaisseau on 2 September 1861.
In October 1861, he reported aboard the aviso Marceau off Mexico as her second-in-command and took part in the Second French intervention in Mexico, participating in operations in the region of Veracruz. In January 1863, he reported aboard the 50-gun frigate Sybille for operations in the Indian Ocean and at New Caledonia.
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