François Malmédy Explained

François Lellorquis de Malmédy
Nickname:Marquis de Malmédy
Birth Date:circa 1750
Death Date:November 1781
Birth Place:France
Death Place:Sumter County, South Carolina
Allegiance:
United States
Branch: Royal French Army
Continental Army
Serviceyears:-1776 (France)
1776-1783 (US)
Rank:sous lieutenant
Brigadier general
Unit:Rhode Island Line
North Carolina Light Dragoons Regiment
Battles:

François Lellorquis de Malmédy (circa 1750November 1781), the Marquis de Malmédy, (also known as François Malmédy-Gray), possibly a son of Charles-François de Gray de Malmédy and his wife Marie Charlotte Sébastienne Le Masson de Vandelincourt, was a sous lieutenant of cavalry in the French Army prior to 1776 and a Continental Army officer during the American Revolution after he arrived in the American colonies in 1776. He was reported to be descended from a Scottish family named Gray that settled in France.[1] [2] [3]

Revolutionary War service

Malmédy was hot headed and arrogant, refusing to take assignments that he felt were beneath him, as seen in his letters to General Washington.[2] [4] [5]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Bodinier, André. Dictionnaire des officiers de l'armée royale qui ont combattu aux Etats-Unis pendant la guerre d'Indépendance 1776–1783. Vincennes, France: Service historique de l'armée, 5th edition 2010, p.229
  2. Web site: Malmédy, Marquis de; Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. 2006. Thomas Gale. March 1, 2019.
  3. Web site: Honorable Lords and Pretended Barons: Sorting Out the Noblemen of the American Revolution. Jim Piecuch. 15 July 2014 . March 1, 2019.
  4. The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 18, 1 November 1778 – 14 January 1779, ed. Edward G. Lengel; Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, pp. 234–235.
  5. Web site: Francois DeMalmedy; Colonel in the US Continental Line, Northern Theater; Colonel over the North Carolina Light Dragoons Regiment - 1779-1781. Lewis, J.D.. March 1, 2019.
  6. Book: Bartlett, John Russel. 1856. Index to the Printed Acts and Resolves Of, and of the Petitions and Reports to the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, from the Year 1758 to 1850., page 221