General Sir John Mordaunt was a British Army officer and Whig politician, the son of Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt and Margaret Spencer. He was best known for his command of the raid on Rochefort
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, c. 1740
1757 British cartoon mocking Mordaunt's role in the failed raid on Rochefort
Raid on Rochefort
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The raid on Rochefort was a failed British amphibious assault which attempted to capture the French port of Rochefort in September 1757 during the Seven Years' War. The raid pioneered a new tactic of
John Mordaunt (British Army officer)
…British Army officer and Whig politician, the son of Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt and Margaret Spencer. He was best known for his command of the raid on Rochefort which ended in failure and his subsequent court-martial. Cleared on a technicality, he was nonetheless barred from holding further military command…
James Wolfe, the expedition's quartermaster general and chief of staff