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John Gaspard Le Marchant had loved soldiering and left it only after positive assurance from the Duke of Wellington that the acceptance of the civil position would promote his prospects in the army. Le Marchant’s appointment became official in February 1847 and he arrived in St John’s in April succeeding Sir John Harvey* .
Major-General John Gaspard Le Marchant (9 February 1766 – 22 July 1812) was a British Army officer. He has been described as one of the finest British cavalry commanders of his generation; he was also an intellectual soldier who had a great influence on the efficient functioning of the army he served in. [1] He was instrumental in the process which produced the first British military academy ...
The colony was not yet ready for the new system, he thought, and it would lead to undue Roman Catholic political influence. An unpopular governor, LeMarchant left Newfoundland in 1852, to become lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia. In 1859, he became governor of Malta, and from 1865 to 1868 he was in Madras. He died in London on February 6, 1874.
Sword Exercise of the Cavalry. J. Gaspard Le Marchant, Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry, LONDON, PRINTED for the WAR OFFICE, and sold by T. EGERTON, MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL, 1796. This volume is a first edition of one of the first purpose-written instruction manuals for the training of officers in the British Army.
Dec 28, 2020 · LE MARCHANT, JOHN GASPARD (1766–1812), major-general, born in 1766, and descended from an ancient Guernsey family, was eldest son of John Le Marchant (a retired officer of the 7th dragoons) and his wife, Maria Hirzel, daughter of Count Hirzel de Gratian, maréchal de camp of the Swiss guards in the service of France. Thomas Le Marchant, of Le Marchant Manor, Guernsey, lieutenant-bailiff of ...
II. JOHN GASPARD LE MARCHANT: However this was to change as a result of the efforts of John Ga spard Le Marchant (1766-1812). A career soldier and a true military reformer, Le Marchant was committed to improving the efficiency of the British Army. Blessed with royal favour following his
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Perhaps the influence of his brother, Denis Le Marchant, a prominent Whig who was appointed under-secretary of the Board of Trade by Lord John Russell’s government in 1847, prompted the offer. John Gaspard Le Marchant had loved soldiering and left it only after positive assurance from the Duke of Wellington that the acceptance of the civil position would promote his prospects in the army.
