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Louis Charles de Montigny (b. 1805 - d. 1868) was a French diplomat who was particularly active in Asia during the 19th century. Charles de Montigny was the first French consul in Shanghai1 from 23 Jan 1848 to 10 Jun 1853, where he founded the French Concession in 1849.
In 1856, Charles de Montigny was sent as a French envoy in Thailand,2 to King Mongkut. A Treaty was signed on August 15, 1856, to facilitate trade, guarantee religious freedom, and allow the access of French warships to Bangkok.
From Thailand Montigny visited Vietnam in 1857, with a request to establish a consulate in Hue, and to obtain freedom to trade and to preach, in order to stop persecution against Catholics, but in vain. When Montigny's mission failed, Napoleon III decided to dispatch a military force of 3,000 to Vietnam, leading to the capture of Danang by Rigault de Genouilly on September 1, 1858.3
Charles de Montigny was again President of the Municipal Council in Shanghai from 1 May 1862.
From 1863 to 1868, Charles de Montigny was French Consul in Tientsin, where he died in 1868.
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