Research topic: James Thomas Brudenell 7th earl of Cardigan

James Thomas Brudenell Cardigan, 7th earl of 1797-1868, British general. In the Crimean War he led the disastrous cavalry charge at Balaklava (1854) that Tennyson immortalized in The Charge of the Light Brigade. The charge was made on a misunderstood order, and the brigade was destroyed. Quarrels with his officers showed him a vain and contentious man. The cardigan sweater was named for him. Bibliography: See biography by P. Compton (1972). Author not available, CARDIGAN, JAMES THOMAS BRUDENELL, 7TH EARL OF. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more