Paul François Ignace Barlatier de Mas (1739 – 1807) was a career French naval captain who participated in the American Revolutionary War on behalf of the Continentals.

He was born in 1739, the son of Louis Mathieu de Balatier de Mas, a counselour of the parliament of Aix in Provence, and Anne Cécile d´Estienne Blégier.

[2] His direct descendants include Count Pierre Barlatier de Mas, Baron Paul Albert Raymond Barlatier de Mas and the explorer François Edmond Eugene de Barlatier de Mas.

For his contributions during the Revolution (which was a way to weaken Great Britain), Barlatier de Mas was made a chevalier de St Louis (knight).

He was given a permanent hereditary membership in the Society of the Cincinnati for his contribution to the American Revolutionary War.