ligonier

Updated: June 12, 2025

The duke of Cumberland, who exerted himself with equal courage and activity in attempting to remedy this disorder, was in danger of being taken; and the defeat would in all probability have been total, had not sir John Ligonier taken the resolution of sacrificing himself and a part of the troops to the safety of the army.

T. (Tobias) Smollett - The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. : Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II.

Lord Deerhurst has sent a formal proposal of marriage by Lord Ligonier to Lady something Powis Lord Powis's sister, who, to save appearance of repulse, has returned for answer that she will take three or four days to consider of it. This I have from Williams. He and his father have constant altercations upon this subject. I shall hear nothing of the matter from the parties themselves.

George Augustus Selwyn - George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life