Charles Étienne Raymond Victor de Verninac (19 November 1803 – 22 May 1834) was a minor French diplomat, nephew of the painter Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863).

[3] When Charles came to Paris to attend the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Delacroix acted as his informal guardian.

[4] In 1821 Charles de Verninac graduated and returned to live with his parents in the country.

He sailed from Toulon and reached Valparaíso five months later on 11 May 1832 after a rough passage around Cape Horn.

He left Valparaiso in January 1834 on a return journey to France by way of the Isthmus of Panama.