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James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan

1797 - 1868

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Lieutenant-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (16 October 1797 – 28 March 1868) was a British Army officer who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, leading its disastrous charge at the Battle of Balaclava. Throughout his life in politics and his long military career, Cardigan characterised the arrogant and extravagant aristocrat of the period. His progression through the British army was marked by many episodes of extraordinary incompetence, but also by generosity to the men under his command and genuine bravery. As a member of the landed gentry, he had actively and steadfastly opposed any political reform in Britain but, in the last year of his life, he relented and came to acknowledge that such reform would bring benefit to all classes of society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan is the 1,734th most popular military personnel (up from 1,747th in 2019), the 3,591st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,297th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ranks 1,734 out of 2,058. Before him are Andrei Sukhovetsky, Dragan Vasiljković, Gérard Leman, Ruben Lagus, Nazım Pasha, and Tom Phillips. After him are Benjamin Briggs, Reinhard Hardegen, Suheil al-Hassan, Alfred Keller, Philotas, and Joseph Hooker.

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Among people born in 1797, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ranks 70. Before him are Paweł Strzelecki, El Hadj Umar Tall, José Mariano Salas, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, and Stanislas Julien. After him are Joseph Othmar Rauscher, Mariano Paredes, Jan Jacob Rochussen, Joseph von Radowitz, Michel Garicoïts, and Francisco Javier Echeverría. Among people deceased in 1868, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ranks 51. Before him are John Crawfurd, José Tadeo Monagas, James David Forbes, Black Kettle, Joaquín Suárez, and Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia. After him are Constantin Negruzzi, Halfdan Kjerulf, Júlia Szendrey, Gennaios Kolokotronis, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, and William Rutter Dawes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ranks 3,592 out of 8,785. Before him are Stuart McCall (1964), John Soane (1753), Tom Phillips (1888), Guy Butler (1899), Stafford Cripps (1889), and Fred Pentland (1883). After him are Ceol of Wessex (600), Lee Kerslake (1947), Max Newman (1897), John Colet (1467), Jimmy Ross (1866), and Grace Aguilar (1816).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ranks 92. Before him are George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Gregor MacGregor (1786), Melita Norwood (1912), John Benbow (1653), Roy Urquhart (1901), and Tom Phillips (1888). After him are Harry Patch (1898), Dudley Pound (1877), Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), Lawrence Oates (1880), and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757).

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