Earl Ligonier

Earl Ligonier was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created on 19 July 1776 for Edward Ligonier, 2nd Viscount Ligonier. He had succeeded as Viscount Ligonier on 28 April 1770. The viscountcy and earldom became extinct on his death on 14 June 1781.

John Ligonier, a Field Marshal and Member of Parliament, had been created Viscount Ligonier on 31 December 1757 and again on 20 May 1762, both in the Peerage of Ireland. On 27 April 1763 he was created Baron Ligonier, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Earl Ligonier (also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom) on 10 September 1766. All his peerages except the 1762 viscountcy, which passed to Edward Ligonier, became extinct on his death in 1770.

Viscounts Ligonier (1762)

*John Louis Ligonier, 1st Viscount Ligonier (1680–1770)
*Edward Ligonier, 2nd Viscount Ligonier (1740–1782) (created Earl Ligonier in 1776)

Earls Ligonier (1766), first creation

*John Louis Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1680–1770) (extinct)

Earls Ligonier (1776), second creation

*Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1740–1782) (extinct)

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