Sir John Ligonier's Trumpet March. BC.56
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Sir John Ligonier escaped from France as a 17yr old Huguenot in 1697,joined the Dragoons in 1702 under Malborough,was Colonel of a "splendid Regiment of Irish Dragoons" by 1720,fought with distinction in the continental wars of the mid-century,became progressively Viscount,Commander-in-Chief,Earl and Field Marshal by 1766. Last and by all means least, also had a tune named after him.
Source
Benjamin Cooke MS.circa 1770, F.Kidson Coll.
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