Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (), sometimes spelled de l'Isle or de Lile (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836), was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. He is known for writing the words and music of the "Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin" in 1792, which would later be known as "La Marseillaise" and become the French national anthem. Rouget de Lisle was born at Lons-le-Saunier, reputedly on a market day. His parents lived in the neighbouring village of Montaigu. A plaque was placed at the precise spot of his
John de Lisle (cricketer) average of just 8.85, and with a top score of only 28. "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack" commented that de Lisle "possessed no special ability as a run-getter and, having only recently returned from India, lacked intimate knowledge of first-class cricket". Dawson returned as captain in 1931 and de Lisle did not play again. De Lisle maintained his military activities: he was a member of the Leicestershire Yeomanry from 1926 until he joined the Home Guard in Warwickshire in 1940. Later he served as deputy lieutenant for Leicestershire and, in 1954, as High Sheriff. John de Lisle (cricketer) John Adrian Frederick March