John Le Marchant

John Le Marchant may refer to:

  • John Le Marchant (British Army cavalry officer) (1766–1812), British Army cavalry major-general killed at Salamanca
  • Sir John Le Marchant (colonial administrator) (1803–1874), British Army general and Governor of Newfoundland, son of the above

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or marchant:

    “Of all the men who were said to be my contemporaries, it seemed to me that John Brown was the only one who had not died.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “A marchant was therwith a forked berd,
    In mottelee, and hye on horse he sat,
    Upon his heed a Flaundryssh bevere hat,
    His bootes clasped faire and fetisly.
    His resons he spak ful solempnely,”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)