Earl of Cardigan
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Earl of Cardigan is an English peerage title. It was created in 1661 for Thomas Brudenell, who had been previously created Baron Brudenell of Stonton Wyvill in the County of Leicester (1628) and was an English Baronet, styled of Brudenell of Deene in the County of Northampton. James Brudenell was created Baron Brudenell of Deene on October 17, 1780; he inherited the Earldom in 1790 and the barony merged with the earldom. The titles were inherited by the second Marquess of Ailesbury in 1868; the two titles have remained united since.
[edit] Earls of Cardigan (1661)
- Thomas Brudenell, 1st Earl of Cardigan (d. 1663) (made Baronet June 29, 1611; created Baron Brudenell of Stonton Wyvill February 25, 1628)
- Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan (1607–1703)
- George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan (d. 1732)
- George Brudenell, later Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, 4th Earl of Cardigan (1712–1790)
- James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan (1725–1811)
- Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan (1769–1837)
- James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1868)
- George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury, 8th Earl Cardigan (1804–1878)
- See Marquess of Ailesbury for further Earls of Cardigan.
[edit] Reference
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
