John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier
Governor of Guernsey | |
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In office 1750–1752 | |
Member of Parliament for Bath | |
In office 1748–1763 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Castres, France | 7 November 1680
Died | 28 April 1770 North Audley St, London | (aged 89)
Resting place | St Andrews, Cobham, Surrey [1] |
Relations | Francis Ligonier (1693–1746) |
Awards | Knight of the Bath |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Great Britain |
Years of service | 1702–1759 |
Rank | Field marshal |
Unit | Colonel, 7th Dragoon Guards 1720–1749 Grenadier Guards 1757–1770 |
Battles/wars | |
During the Seven Years' War, he also served as Master-General of the Ordnance, effectively acting as Minister of War for the Pitt–Newcastle ministry. He retired from active duty in 1763 and died at his home in London on 28 April 1770.
Military career
The son of Louis de Ligonier, a member of a
He fought, with distinction, in the
Two years later he became
During the
He was present at
it is impossible to commend too much the conduct of the generals both horse and foot. Sir John Legonier, who charged at the head of the British dragoons with that skill and spirit that he has shown on so many occasions, and in which he was so well seconded...[15]
He became
On 6 April 1750 he was appointed
Seven Years' War
In September 1757, following the disgrace of the
Retirement
He spent his later years at Cobham Park in Cobham, Surrey, which he bought around 1750.[22] He died, still unmarried, on 28 April 1770 and was buried in Cobham Church.[23] There is a monument to him, sculpted by John Francis Moore[24] in Westminster Abbey.[23]
The earldom became extinct but the Irish viscountcy and Cobham Park passed to his nephew Edward, who would also be created Earl Ligonier (but in the Irish peerage) six years later. Ligonier's younger brother, Francis, was also a distinguished soldier.[3]
References
- ^ Heathcote 1999, p. 204.
- ^ a b Pilkington p. 546
- ^ required.)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Heathcote p. 202
- ^ Clarke p. 45
- ^ Mayo p. 12
- ^ "No. 8200". The London Gazette. 22 February 1742. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 8484". The London Gazette. 12 November 1745. p. 10.
- ^ The Scots Magazine. Vol. 7. 1745. p. 535.
- ^ "No. 8602". The London Gazette. 1 January 1746. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 8548". The London Gazette. 24 June 1746. p. 5.
- ^ a b c d e f Heathcote p. 203
- ^ "No. 8728". The London Gazette. 15 March 1747. p. 1.
- ^ Browne, p. 153
- ^ a b Albemarle p. 358
- ^ Murdoch and Vigne, pp. 17 and 18.
- ^ "No. 8942". The London Gazette. 3 April 1750. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 9238". The London Gazette. 30 January 1753. p. 2.
- ^ a b "No. 9744". The London Gazette. 3 December 1757. p. 1.
- ^ Walpole p.267
- ^ Kimber p.185
- ^ "Ancient History of Cobham Park". andywebber.com. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
- ^ a b Heathcote p.204
- ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660–1851 by Rupert Gunnis
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- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ligonier, John Ligonier, Earl". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 679. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- DNB00: "Ligonier, John"
- Albemarle, George (2009). Fifty Years of My Life. BiblioBazaar. ISBN 978-1-103-47382-3.
- Browne, James (1838). A history of the Highlands and of the Highland clans, Volume 4. A. Fullarton & Co.
- Clarke (2010). The Georgian Era: Military and Naval Commanders. Judges and Barristers. Physicians and Surgeons. BiblioBazaar. ISBN 978-1-143-36646-8.
- Combes, Émile (1866). J. L. Ligonier, une étude. Castres.
- Guy, Alan (1985). Oeconomy and discipline: officership and administration in the British army, 1714-1763. Manchester University Press.
- Heathcote, Tony (1999). The British Field Marshals 1736–1997. Pen & Sword Books Ltd. ISBN 0-85052-696-5.
- Kimber, Edward (1771). The new peerage, or, present state of the nobility of England, Scotland and Ireland, Volume 1.
- Mayo, Lawrence Shaw (1916). Jeffrey Amherst: A Biography. London.
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- Pilkington, Laetitia (1997). Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington, Volume 1. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-1719-9.
- Rabaud, Camille (1893). Jean-Louis de Ligonier, généralisme des armées anglaises. Dole.
- Walpole, Horace (1822). Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second, Volume 2. J. Murray. ISBN 978-1-151-57118-2.
- Whitworth, Rex (1958). Field Marshal Lord Ligonier: A Story of the British Army, 1702-1770. Oxford.