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English peer and Member of Parliament
Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan
(25 April 1760 ? 14 August 1837) was an English peer and Member of Parliament.
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Early life
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Deene Park, Northamptonshire - seat of the Brudenell family
Robert Brudenell was born in
Westminster
, the posthumous son and heir of Colonel the Hon.
Robert Brudenell
and his wife Anne, the daughter of
Sir Cecil Bisshopp, 6th Baronet
of Parham, Sussex. He was educated at
Harrow School
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Career
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He was a keen
cricketer
who made eight known appearances in
first-class cricket
matches between 1790 and 1793. He was an early member of
Marylebone Cricket Club
(MCC), for whose team he played most of his matches.
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He sat as
Member of Parliament
(MP) for
Marlborough
in both the Parliaments of
Great Britain
and the
United Kingdom
from 1797 until 1802.
He succeeded to his title and estates on 24 February 1811, following the death of his uncle
James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan
.
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Personal life
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On 8 March 1794, Brudenell was married to
Penelope Anne
(
nee
Cooke) (1770?1826), the second daughter of George John Cooke of Harefield Park and the former Penelope Bowyer (only daughter of
Sir William Bowyer, 3rd Baronet
). Together, they were the parents of two sons and eight daughters, including:
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- 7th Earl of Cardigan
(1797?1868), who succeeded his father in title and estates. He is most well known for leading the
Charge of the Light Brigade
as lieutenant general.
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- Elizabeth Anne (1795?1824), her first John Stephen Perceval (1793?1818), the son of
Charles Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden
. Widowed, Elizabeth would marry on 16 March 1824 (just before her own death)
William Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton
.
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- Augusta (d. 1853), who married Maj.
Henry Bingham Baring
(1804?1869) MP, the son of
Henry Baring
MP and his first wife
Maria Matilda Bingham
the daughter of the American statesman
William Bingham
.
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- Harriet Georgiana (1799?1836), who married
Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe
in 1820. They had ten children before her untimely death.
- Emma, married David Pennant (1796?1835) in 1827.
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- Charlotte Penelope (d. 1879), who married MP
Henry Sturt
(1795?1866), in 1820.
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- Mary (1806?1867), who married
Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester
.
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- Anne (1809?1877), who married
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan
in 1829.
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Lord Lucan was the Cavalry Division commander who gave her brother James' Light Brigade the infamous order to charge.
The earl died at
Marylebone
, aged 77.
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References
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"BRUDENELL, Robert (1769-1837), of Hambleden, Bucks"
. History of Parliament Online
. Retrieved
19 March
2018
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Arthur Haygarth
,
Scores & Biographies
, Volume 1 (1744?1826), Lillywhite, 1862
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"Cardigan, Earl of (E, 1661)"
.
www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk
. Heraldic Media Limited.
Archived
from the original on 13 February 2020
. Retrieved
23 January
2020
.
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"Lady Emma Pennant, nee Brudenell WILLIAM EGLEY (BRITISH, 1798-1870)"
.
www.christies.com
. Retrieved
23 January
2020
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