Charles de Varigny
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The Honourable Charles de Varigny |
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| French Consul to Kingdom of Hawaii | |
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In office 1862–1863 |
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| Monarch | Napoleon III |
| Preceded by | Louis Emile Perrin |
| Succeeded by | Germain Marie Maxime Desnoyers |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office December 24, 1863 – December 21, 1865 |
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| Monarch | Kamehameha V |
| Preceded by | Charles Gordon Hopkins |
| Succeeded by | Charles Coffin Harris |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office December 21, 1865 – November, 1869 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Crichton Wyllie |
| Succeeded by | Charles Coffin Harris |
| Personal details | |
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November 25, 1829 Versailles, France |
| Died | November 9, 1899 (aged 69) Montmorency, Val-d'Oise |
| Nationality |
Kingdom of Hawaii French Second Empire |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Constantin |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Author, Diplomat, Politician |
| Religion | Catholicism |
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Charles Victor Crosnier de Varigny (November 25, 1829 – November 9, 1899) was a French adventurer, diplomat, translator and writer.
He was born November 25, 1829 in Versailles. He was educated at Lycée Bourbon. He came with his father to the California Gold Rush. He married Louise Constantin (1827–1894) August 14, 1852 in San Francisco, and worked for a French language newspaper, L'echo du Pacifique founded by Étienne Derbec.
He and his family arrived on the Restless from San Francisco February 18, 1855 in Honolulu. He accepted a position as translator to Louis Emile Perrin the Consul (diplomatic rank below that of ambassador) from France to the Kingdom of Hawaii. he became friends with Scot Robert Crichton Wyllie who spoke several languages due to his travel throughout South America and the Pacific. At that time France and Great Britain were allies in the Crimean War. In 1857 he traveled to the island of Hawaiʻi with German Hermann von Holt. They toured Kīlauea volcano, and visited the rancher John Palmer Parker. They hired the guide "Jack" Purdy who told the story of earlier adventurer Julius Brenchley. Purdy then led them in an ascent of Mauna Kea, the highest mountain in the Pacific.
When Perrin died in 1862 he became acting Consul from France. In July 1863 he visited the island of Kauaʻi, including a visit of the Princeville sugarcane plantation owned by Wyllie.
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