Jacques-François de Chambray

Jacques-François de Chambray (15 March 1687 – 8 April 1756) was a French knight of Malta, commander, vice-admiral, lieutenant general and Governor of Gozo.

He arrived in Malta on 28 October 1700, where he was received as a minority[clarification needed] in the Order of St John of Jerusalem on 29 March 1701 and in June of the same year was made the page of the Grand Master.

In 1723, as captain of the 52-gun ship Saint-Vincent, he captured the Patrone de Tripoli, which he brought back with his crew to Malta.

From 1749 to 1750, he was appointed governor of the island of Gozo by the Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca.

He had requested as a special favour that the product of his household effects, which amounted to 100,000 pounds, should be used to complete the fort.