Georges-François Godefroy Framond de La Framondie[Note 1] (4 February 1733, in Grèzes, Lozère — 28 September 1785, in Montargis)[3] was a French Navy officer and aristocrat.

He served in the War of American Independence, earning membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.

[10] At the Battle of Fort Royal, on 29 April 1781, Caton was one of the four ships to come reinforce the squadron under De Grasse, along with Victoire, Réfléchi and Solitaire.

[1] On 10 April 1782, in the run-up to the Battle of the Saintes, Caton found herself becalmed and Framond asked for assistance.

He was expelled from the Navy and imprisoned at Château de Ham to serve a life sentence.