Henry du Moulin de Labarthète (1900–1948) was a French senior civil servant, tax auditor, diplomat and memoirist.

[2][3] His father was Edmond du Moulin de Labarthète and his mother, Marguerite Pothier.

[1] As some of his ancestors served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, he was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

[2] In 1939, as France joined World War II, he served briefly in Franche-Comté and Alsace.

[1] By October 1939, while Raoul Dautry was Minister of Armament, he was sent back to Spain and Portugal to negotiate the purchase of pyrite and mercury for French ordnance, but he was unsuccessful.

[6] He was appointed by Finance Minister Pierre Cathala as a financial attaché at the French embassy in Bern, Switzerland, from 1942 to 1943.

[2][1] However, he resigned in December 1943 due to disagreements with the German policies implemented under Prime Minister Pierre Laval.

[2] During his years of exile, he wrote his memoirs, based on his memories of events from July 1940 to August 1942, entitled Le Temps des illusions - Souvenirs.