# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ligonier-1st-earl-ligonier
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:37:42.984Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-ligonier-1st-earl-ligonier"
name: "John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier"
slug: "john-ligonier-1st-earl-ligonier"
description: "Field Marshal John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier,, styled Sir John Ligonier from 1743 to 1757, was a British army officer and politician who served in the English and British armies for more than half a century. In 1757, he was appointed Commander-in-chief and raised to the peerage as Viscount Ligonier in 1757, and in 1766, further elevated as Earl Ligonier."
tagline: "British field marshal; (1680-1770)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1st_Earl_Ligonier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1680-11-07"
deathDate: "1770-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.42
  momentum:             7.125
  historical:           8.095286666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джон Лігоне"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون ليجونير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ligonier"
    title: "John Ligonier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ligonier%2C_1._Earl_Ligonier"
    title: "John Ligonier, 1. Earl Ligonier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ligonier%2C_1st_Earl_Ligonier"
    title: "John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "جان لیگونیر، اولین ارل لیگونیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ligonier"
    title: "John Ligonier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ligonier"
    title: "John Ligonier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B5%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Лигонье, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump