Jean-Anne Christy de la Pallière, also written "Christy-Pallière", (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ an kʁisti də la paljɛʁ]; 18 September 1755 – 29 July 1829[1]) was a French Naval officer.

[2] Born in Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord, to Jean Baptiste Christy de La Pallière, a captain of the French East India Company, Christy-Pallière began his sailing career in 1773, as an apprentice on an East Indiaman.

[2] On 8 September 1782, Orient ran aground at Pointe de Sale, near Trincomalee,[5] while La Pallière was on watch.

He also periodically relieved the préfet maritime, Jean-Marthe-Adrien l'Hermite, who was often too ill to serve.

Some of the exploits of the hero of the books, Jack Aubrey, are closely modelled on Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald in the first book Master and Commander and he encounters Christy-Pallière in similar circumstances when his ship, the Sophie is captured.