Lieutenant-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan KCB, styled as Lord Cardigan, was an officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, leading its charge at the Battle of Balaclava. Wikipedia
Born: October 16, 1797, Hambleden, United Kingdom
Died: March 28, 1868 (age 70 years), Deene Park, Deene, United Kingdom
Great-grandparents: George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan, George Cooke, Anne Stonhouse, and more
Partner: Elizabeth Jane Henrietta Brudenell, countess of Cardigan (1826–)
Books: Eight Months on Active Service, Or, A Diary of a General Officer of Cavalry, in 1854, The Trial of James Thomas Earl of Cardigan: Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers in Full Parliament for Felony, on Tuesday the 16th Day of February 1841, and The Full Proceedings of the General Court Martial: Held at Cork Barracks, (under the Presidency of Sir John Buchan, and Conduct of Mr. Judge-Advocate General Walker) on the 23rd Day of December, 1833, and Continued, by Adjournments, to the 16th of January, 1834, when Captain Augustus Wathen, of the Fifteenth, Or Kings Hussars, was Tried on Six Charges Preferred Against Him by His Commanding-officer, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Brudenell
Grandparents: Robert Brudenell, Penelope Bowyer, and George John Cooke
Education: Harrow School and Christ Church