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George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan






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George, 3rd earl of Cardigan (attributed to Enoch Seeman)

George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan (29 September 1685 – 5 July 1732), styled Lord Brudenell between 1698 and 1703, was a British peer.

Origins[edit]

He was the son of Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell, son and heir of Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan. His mother was Lady Frances Savile, granddaughter of Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex.

Career[edit]

In 1703 he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom. In January 1709 he officially renounced his Roman Catholic faith (the Brudenells had been Catholic for generations) in order to take his seat in the House of Lords.[1] In 1712 he was appointed Master of the Buckhounds, a post he held until 1715.[2]

Marriage and children[edit]

In 1703 he married Lady Elizabeth Bruce (1689-December 1745[2]), a daughter of Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, 3rd Earl of Elgin, by whom he had several children including:

Death[edit]

He died in July 1732 and was succeeded by his eldest son George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, 4th Earl of Cardigan.

References[edit]

  1. ^ John WADE (Vice-President of the Historical Section of the Institut d'Afrique” of Paris.) (1847). British history, chronologically arranged, comprehending a classified analysis of events ... in Church and State, from the first invasion by the Romans to the accession of Queen Victoria. Henty G. Bohn. pp. 316–.
  • ^ a b thepeerage.com George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan
  • Political offices
    Preceded by

    Sir William Wyndham, Bt

    Master of the Buckhounds
    1712–1715
    Vacant

    Title next held by

    Francis Negus
    Peerage of England
    Preceded by

    Robert Brudenell

    Earl of Cardigan
    1703–1732
    Succeeded by

    George Brudenell, later Montagu


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