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 142 CARDIGAN. Elizabeth, dn. of Sir Arthur Kaye, Bart. She d. 12 Nov. 178G. Ho m. secondly 18 April 1791, at her house in St. James Place, St. James Westm., Elizabeth, da. of John (Wai.degiuve), 3d Eaul Walokokave, by Elizabeth, da. of John (Leveshn-Gowbr), Eaul Gowek. He d. s.p. 21 Feb. 1811, when the Barony of lirudcmll of Veenc («r, 17S0) became extinct. His widow, who Was 6. 26 May and bup. 22 June 1758 at Kensington, d. 23 June 1823. VI. 1811. 0. Robert (Brudexell), Eaiil of Cardigan, &&, nephew and h., being posthumous s. and h. of the Hon. Hubert Brudeuell, by Anne, <la. of Sir Cecil BlSSHOPr, Bart., which Robert was next br. to the last two Earls. He was b. 25 April 1 709 at St. Geo. Han. sq. ; M P. for Marl- borough, 1797-1802. He m. 8 March 1794 Penelope Anne, 2d da, of George John Cooke, of Harefield Park, Midx. She d. 2 Feb. 1816, aged 56. He d. 14 Aug. 1837. VII. 1837. 7. James Thomas (Hrudenell), Earl of Cardigan [1CC1], and Baiion Bkudenei.L of Stonton [162S], also a Bnrottet [1611], 2d but only surv. s. and h., b. 16 Oct. 1797, at Hambleden, Bucks ; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.1,27 Nov. 1815. Was M.P. for Marlborough, 1S1S-29 ; for Fowey, 1830-32; and for Northamptonshire, 1S32-37. He was 27 when, in May 1824, he first entered the army as Cornet in the Sth Hussars ; Lieut. 1825 ; Captain 1826 ; Major 1S30 ; Lieut.-Col 15th Hussars 1830-34; Lieut.-Col. 11th Hussars (on which regiment he is said to have spent £10,000 a year), 1836-54 ;(») Col. in the Anny 1846 ; Major-Gen. 1854, and Lieut.-Geu. 1861 ; Inspecting-Gen. of Cavalry. 1.855-60, Col. of the Sth Dragoon Guards, 1859-00 ; and of (his old Regiment) the 11th Hussars, 1S00-08. In 1854 he commanded a Cavalry Brigade in the Crimean war,( b ) under (his br.-in-law) the Earl of Lucan [I.], and received the four-clasp Crimean medal in May 1S55. K.C.B. 5 July 1855 ; Commander of the Legion of Honour of France, 2 Aug. 1856 : Knight, 2d class, of the Medjidie of Turkey, 2 March 1858. He m. firstly 19 June 1S26, at Chiswick, Midx. (where she is described as " being now single and unmarried") Elizabeth Jane Henrietta (formerly wife of Lieut.-Col. Christian Frederick Charles Alexander James Johnstone of Hilton, from whom she was divorced a few months previously), sister of John, 1st Bauon Toli.emache, da. of Admiral John Richard Delap Toi.lem.u HE (formerly Hali.idav) by Elizabeth, da. of John (Stiiatfoiid), Eaul of Ai.niionoucm [I.] She, who was b. 8 Dec. 1797, <l. 15 July 1858. He mi. secondly 20 Sep. 1S58, at the King's Chapel, Gibraltar, Adeline Louisa Maria, da. of Spencer Horsey l)E HoitsEV, formerly KlLUElttiEE, by Louisa Maria Judith, da. of John (Rous), 1st Eaul OP Sthadhuoke. He d. at Deene Park, 28 March 1S0S, from injuries sustained by a fall from his horse. His widow hi, 28 Aug. 1873, Antonio Manuelo, Count de Lanuastke in Portugal. (") On 12 Sep. 1840 a duel took place at Wimbledon Common, between him and Capt. Harvey Tuekett in consequence of some remarks of the latter on the Earl's conduct (to Capt. Reynolds) as Commander of his Regiment. The Earl was tried by his Peers at Westm. Hall, 10 Feb. 1841, and found " not guilty," the identity of Tuekett not having been legally proved. There had been no other trial before the Upper House as a Criminal Court since that of the "Duchess of Kingston" for bigamy in 1776. See ante, p. 28, tub. " BRISTOL," under the (Vltli) 3d Earl. ( b ) " His personal gallantry at Balaklava, when he charged the Russians at the head of his Brigade, forcing his way, with about 600 cavalry, thro' some 3,600 of the enemy, and leaving half of his men and horses dead upon the field, will long be remembered, when the controversy as to the m istaken order, in obedience to which he led the charge in thclceth of the enemy's guns, is forgotten." See "Annual Register" for 1868. The exploit is commemorated by the Poet Laureate Tennyson, in his " Charge of the Liyht Brigade," as under— " Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them volley'd and thunder'd ; Storm'd at with shot and shell, boldly they rode, and well — Into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of Hell Rode the Six Hundred.