Ka kammala wannan magana: Shekaru biyu bayan haka ya zama colonel na Black Horse. An sanya shi brigadier janar a 1735, babban janar a 1739, kuma ya bi Ubangiji Stair a yakin Rhine na 1742 zuwa 1743. An daukaka shi zuwa Laftanar Janar a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu 1742 kuma George II ya sanya shi Knight na Bath a kan
filin Dettingen a watan Yunin 1743. A Fontenoy a watan Mayu na 1745, Ligonier ya umurci sojojin Birtaniya, Hanoverian, da Hessian.