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James Thomas Brudenell, 7.º Conde de Cardigan KCB (Hambleden, 16 de outubro de 1797 – Deene Park, 28 de março de 1868) comandou a Brigada Ligeira durante a Guerra da Crimeia.
Lieutenant-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan KCB (16 October 1797 – 28 March 1868), styled as Lord Cardigan, was an officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, leading its charge at the Battle of Balaclava.
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan (born Oct. 16, 1797, Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, Eng.—died March 27/28, 1868, Deene Park, Northamptonshire) was a British general who led the charge of the Light Brigade of British cavalry against the Russians in the Battle of Balaklava, Oct. 25, 1854, during the Crimean War—an incident ...
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George Brudenell, later Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, 1st Marquess of Monthermer, 4th Earl of Cardigan, 4th Baron Brudenell, 1st Baron Montagu (1712–1790)
Kidd, Charles, ed. (1903). Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. London: Dean and son. p. 198.Joan Wake, The History of the Brudenells of Deene(London: Cassels) 1953."Archival material relating to Brudenell, family, Earls of Cardigan". UK National Archives.Brudenell, James Thomas, seventh earl of Cardigan (1797–1868), army officer, only surviving son of Robert, sixth earl of Cardigan (d. 1837), and his wife, Penelope Ann Cooke (d. 1826), was born at the Manor House, Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, on 16 October 1797; he had seven sisters.
James Thomas Brudenell was the only son of Robert, sixth earl of Cardigan and his wife Penelope Anne Cooke. He was born on 16 October 1797 at Hambleden, Buckinghamshire. As Cecil Woodham Smith says: It was unfortunate that he was destined to grow up in a world that was almost entirely feminine.
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan. (1797-1868), General. Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 11 portraits. General, bought his way into various commands, his domineering manner causing perpetual quarrels with his fellow officers.
