Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier

He served with Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick during the Seven Years' War, and was appointed a captain in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards.

Her relationship with Vittorio Amadeo, Count Alfieri, provoked a duel between her husband and her lover in Green Park[1] on 7 May 1771, and Ligonier was able to obtain a divorce by Act of Parliament in 1772.

In the meantime, upon the death of his uncle, the Earl Ligonier, in 1770, he became Viscount Ligonier of Clonmel, which title had been created with a special remainder to him and inherited Cobham Park.

On 19 July 1776, he was created Earl Ligonier, of Clonmel, in the Peerage of Ireland.

The last honour conferred upon him was his investiture as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath on 17 December 1781.