Gaspard de Ligondès (Saint-Bonnet-de-Rochefort, 11 December 1732 – Brest, 26 January 1779)[1] was a French Navy officer. He served in the American Revolutionary War. [2]

Biography

Ligondès was born to the family of a Navy officer. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 6 July 1750.[2]

On 15 April 1761, Ligondès married Elisabeth de Reclesne. They had two sons, Hercule and Frédérick, both of whom also served in the Navy, and a daughter, Clotilde.[1]

Ligondès was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 October 1764,[2] and made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis on 1 January 1773.[1] In 1775, Ligondès was captain of the 12-gun corvette Écureuil,[3] and the 14-gun Serin in 1777, on which he assisted an American ship while sailing from Brest to Saint-Domingue.[3] He returned to Brest later that same year.[4]

Ligondès was promoted to Captain on 4 April 1777.[2]

Ligondès was given command of the 64-gun Triton. He captained her at the Battle of Ushant[5] and in the action of 20 October 1778,[6][7] where he was mortally wounded.[8]

Ligondès died of his wound in Brest on 26 January 1779.[2]

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 "du LIGONDÈS". Retrieved 20 May 2020.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 606.
    3. 1 2 Archives nationales (2011), p. 200.
    4. ↑ Archives nationales (2011), p. 211.
    5. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 7.
    6. ↑ Archives nationales (2011), p. 224.
    7. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 27.
    8. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 28.

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