Gaspard de Ligondès (Saint-Bonnet-de-Rochefort, 11 December 1732 – Brest, 26 January 1779)[1] was a French Navy officer.
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.
He captained her at the Battle of Ushant[5] and in the action of 20 October 1778,[6][7] where he was mortally wounded.