Edgar Raoul-Duval (9 April 1832 – 10 February 1887) was a French magistrate and politician who was Representative of Seine-Inférieure and then twice Deputy of Eure.
[2] Raoul-Duval completed his law studies and in 1853 was appointed a substitute magistrate in Nantes at a very early age.
[2] He was a representative in the National Assembly for Seine-Inférieure from 2 July 1871 to 7 March 1876, and sat with the Union des Droites parliamentary group.
A critic wrote of him, "M. Raoul Duval has plenty of entrain, of élan, of fire, of repartee, but he lacks the power of continued pursuance of one subject.
He begins with a good and substantial address; he finishes with rolling fire of passionate responses to attacks hurled at him.
"[5] Raoul-Duval was responsible for forcing the retirement from office of the Minister of the Interior, Victor Lefranc.
[2] In the 1876 legislative elections Raoul-Duval ran both in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and in the Louviers district of Eure.
[2] Raoul-Duval won in a by-election on 25 May 1884 in the Bernay district of Eure to replace Eugène Janvier de La Motte(fr), who had died.
[8] In 1886 Raoul-Duval was a member of the Central Committee of the newly founded French Association for the Propagation of Volapük.
[10] Due to poor health Raoul-Duval went to Monte Carlo in December 1886, where he died of a chill on 10 February 1887 at the age of 54.