The fourth Baronet died from wounds received at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.
The piece was written to celebrate the French victory at the Battle of Fontenoy in the War of the Austrian Succession.
The sixth Baronet represented Tain Burghs in the House of Commons and also fought at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.
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When Marshal Saxe defeated the British Army at Battle of Fontenoy in 1745 and overran the Low Countries, the Spanish Crown granted du Mont the county of Gages, near his birthplace until then occupied by the Austrians since 1713.
He saw action at the Battles of Dettingen and Fontenoy, distinguishing himself in the latter with an encounter with a French regiment, that was later remarked upon by Voltaire.