Ligonier, John Ligonier, Earl, 1680-1770

LC control no.	nb2014014666
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Ligonier, John Ligonier, Earl, 1680-1770 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Ligonier, Jean-Louis de, 1680-1770 De Ligonier, Jean-Louis, 1680-1770
Associated country	France Great Britain
Birth date	16801017 16801107
Death date	17700428 17700428
Place of birth	Castres (Tarn, France)
Place of death	London (England)
Field of activity	Armed forces
Affiliation	Great Britain. Army
Profession or occupation	Soldiers Armies--Officers
Found in	Field Marshal Lord Ligonier: a story of the British Army, 1702-1770, 1958 A catalogue of the library of His Excellency John, Earl Ligonier, Field Marshal, 1783 Oxford DNB online, 30 June 2014 (Ligonier, John [formerly Jean-Louis de Ligonier], Earl Ligonier; army officer; born 17 October 1680 at Castres, near Toulouse, France; in 1698 he escaped from France and travelled via Utrecht and England to Ireland to seek sanctuary with his relatives there; on 22 February 1702 he obtained naturalization as an Englishman; in 1720 Ligonier received the first of his many regimental colonelcies; his commitment and activity were rewarded in 1759 by his appointment as master-general of the ordnance, an appointment which, when combined with that of commander-in-chief, gave him undisputed political and military control of Britain's land forces at a time when the threat of a French invasion was all too real; his retirement from the post of commander-in-chief in 1766 was marked by his elevation in the British peerage to the title of Earl Ligonier; retaining his colonelcy of the 1st regiment of foot guards to the end, Ligonier died on 28 April 1770, probably at his London home) Wikipedia, 30 June 2014 (Field Marshal John (Jean Louis) Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier; born 7 November 1680, died 28 April 1770; a French-born British soldier, he enjoyed a distinguished career as an active officer)