NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell, Earl of, 1797-1868 NRA: Brudenell James Thomas (1797-1868) 7th Earl of Cardigan Lieutenant General DNB: Brudenell, James Thomas, seventh earl of Cardigan (1797–1868), army officer LBT ID: LdCardi7 VIAF ID: 71361095 LOC ID: n50035122 | B/BAP: 1797-10-16 DIED: 1868-03-28 |
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The man who led the charge of the Light Brigade; he was the son of the sixth earl (d.
1837), educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, and was a Tory MP for Marlborough
(1818-29), Fowey (1830-32), and North Northamptonshire (1832-37). | |