Question: Information: - Field Marshal John (Jean Louis) Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, (7 November 168028 April 1770) was a French-born British soldier. He enjoyed a distinguished career as an active officer, and later became a leading official of the Pitt-Newcastle Ministry that led Britain during the Seven Years' War exercising extensive control over Britain's army as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. - The Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, later Commander-in-Chief, British Army, or just the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), was the professional head of the English Army from 1660 to 1707 (the English Army, founded in 1660, was succeeded in 1707 by the new British Army, incorporating existing Scottish regiments) and of the British Army from 1707 until 1904. - Lieutenant General Edward Ligonier , 1st Earl Ligonier KB ( 1740 -- 14 June 1782 ) was a British soldier and courtier . He was the illegitimate son of Col. Francis Augustus Ligonier , the brother of John 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 . In 1763 , he was appointed a royal aide - de - camp , and from 1763 until 1765 , he was secretary to the embassy at Madrid . On 12 November 1764 , he was appointed a Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Gloucester . On 6 December 1766 , he married Penelope Pitt , daughter of George Pitt , 1st Baron Rivers . Her wanton intrigue with Vittorio Amadeo , Count Alfieri , provoked a duel between her husband and her lover in Green Park on 7 May 1771 , and Ligonier was able to obtain a divorce by Act of Parliament on 7 November 1771 . He married Lady Mary Henley , daughter of Robert Henley , 1st Earl of Northington , on 14 December 1773 . In the meantime , upon the death of his uncle , the Earl Ligonier in 1770 , he became Viscount Ligonier , of Clonmell , which title had been created with a special remainder to him . He was promoted major general in 1775 and lieutenant general in 1777 . On 19 July 1776 , he was created Earl Ligonier , of Clonmell , in the Peerage of Ireland . The last honor conferred upon him was an appointment as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath , on 17 December 1781 . He died on 14 June 1782 , before he could be installed , and left no posterity . What is the relationship between 'edward ligonier' and 'british army'?
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