Paul-François de La Grange, comte d'Arquien (or Arquian, Arquyan; c. 1670 – 4 May 1745) was a French naval officer and colonial administrator.
[1] Arquien became a knight of the Order of Saint Louis, ship-of-the-line captain (capitaine de vaisseau) and the king's lieutenant in the government of Aunis.
[3] Arquien was named governor of the island of Sainte Croix on 1 September 1711 in place of M. de Charite, and was commander in chief of Tortuga, Cap François (now Cap-Haïtien) and the coasts of Saint-Domingue.
[7] Arguyan has issued an inexplicable ordinance under which the inhabitants required his written permission to sell their houses.
[7] La Cap was the main town and capital of the colony at the time, but the church was wooden and poorly built.