François de Ripert-Monclar (1844–1921) was a French aristocrat, landowner and diplomat.

[1][2] He came from an aristocratic family: his ancestor Jean-Pierre-François de Ripert-Monclar (1711-1773) had been granted the marquisate of Monclar in 1769 by King Louis XV of France (inherited by all direct male heirs).

Ripert-Monclar graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes in 1865, with a thesis entitled "Essai sur la domination des empereurs d'Allemagne en Dauphiné et en Provence au moyen âge" ("Essay on the domination of the emperors of Germany in the Dauphiné and in Provence in the Middle Ages").

[1] He served as embassy Secretary in Mexico, Lima and Santiago.

[1] Later, he served as Consul General in Montevideo, Amsterdam and Havana.