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i6 CARDIGAN to the King 1760-91. On 17 Oct. 1780 he was cr. BARON BRUDE- NELL OF DEENE, co. Northampton. Constable of Windsor Castle, 1 79 1 till his death; High Steward of Windsor, 1802. He m., istly, 24 Nov. 1760, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Anne, sister of William, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, ist da. of George Legge, styled Viscount Lewisham, by- Elizabeth, da. of Sir Arthur Kaye, Bart. She d. Jan. 1786, and was bur. at Trinity Minories. He ;«., 2ndly, 18 Apr. 1 791, at her house in St. James's Place, St. James's, W^estm., Elizabeth, ist da. of John (Waldegrave), 3rd Earl Waldegrave, by Elizabeth, da. of John (Leveson-Gower), Earl GowER. He d. s.p., 24 Feb. 181 1, in Grosvenor Str., aged 85, when the Barony of Brudenell of Deene [1780] became fx/z«a. Will pr. 181 1. His widow, who was b. 26 May, and bap. 22 June 1758, at Kensington, was a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen Consort 1 793-1 809. She d. in Seymour Place, Mayfair, "of inflammation," 23 June, and was bur. i July 1823, with her father's family, at Navestock, Essex. VI. 181 1. 6. Robert (Brudenell), Earl of Cardigan, i^c, nephew and h., being posthumous s. and h. of the Hon. Robert Brudenell, by Anne, da. of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Bart., which Robert was next br. to the last two Earls. He was b. 25 Apr. 1769, in the par. of St. Geo., Han. Sq.; M.P. (Tory) for Marlborough, 1 797-1 802. He m., 8 Mar. 1794, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Penelope Anne, 2nd da. of George John Cooke, of Harefield Park, Midx., by Penelope, only da. of Sir W^il- liam Bowyer, 3rd Bart. [E. 1660]. She, who was Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte in 1818, ^. 2 Feb. 1826, at Gopsall, Notts, aged 56. He d. in Portman Sq., 14, and was bur. 21 Aug. 1837, at Deene, Northants, aged 68. Will pr. Sep. 1837. VII. 1837. 7. James Thomas (Brudenell), Earl of Cardigan [i 661], and Baron Brudenell of Stonton [1628J, also a Baronet [161 1], 2nd but only surv. s. and h., b. at Hambleden, Bucks, 16 Oct., and bap. th^re. 5 Nov. 1797; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 27 Nov. 18 15. M.P. (Tory) for Marlborough, 1818-29; for Fowey, 1830-32; and for North Northants, 1832-37; entered the army as Cornet in the 8th Hussars, May 1824, Lieut. 1825, Captain 1826, Major 1830; Lieut. Col. 1 5th Hussars 1 830-34, and of the i ith Hussars (on which regiment he is said to have spent /^ 10,000 a year), i836-54;() Col. in the Army 1846; Major Gen. 1854, and Lieut. Gen. 1861; Inspector Gen. of Cavalry, (^) He was quarrelsome, arbitrary, unpopular, and a loose liver, but remarkably handsome. On 12 Sep. 1840, he fought and wounded in a duel on Wimbledon Com- mon, Capt. Harvey Tuckett, in consequence of some remarks of the latter on the Earl's conduct (to Capt. Reynolds) as Commander of his regiment, in connection with what was known as the Black Bottle Riot. The Earl was tried by his Peers at Westm. Hall, 16 Feb. 1841, for firing a pistol with intent to murder, and unanimously found "not guilty," the identity of Tuckett not having been legally proved. See State Trials, N.S., vol. iv, p. 602. 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 vol. ii, p. 326, sub "Bristol," under the (vith) 3rd Earl.