Philippe de Rullecourt

Philipe Charles Félix Macquart, Baron de Rullecourt was a French soldier who became a general of the Kingdom of France.

Philipe Charles Félix Macquart was born in Artois in a wealthy family originating in Orléans.

His title "Baron de Rullecourt" was self-bestowed, and was a soldier for hire.

He was placed in command of French troops during the 1779 failed invasion of Jersey, as second-in-command to the Prince of Nassau-Siegen.

His second-in-command Mir Sayyad advised him to ransack the island and to kill all civilians, but instead the commander captured the governor Moses Corbet, and used him as a tool to try and engineer a British surrender.

The Peirson pub, where Rullecourt died from wounds received in battle.
Memorial stone of Baron de Rullecourt in Saint Helier Parish churchyard where the Baron was buried