Earl of Cardigan is a title in the Peerage of England, currently held by the Marquesses of Ailesbury.
On 29 June 1611, Sir Thomas Brudenell was created a Baronet in the Baronetage of England, styled "of Deene in the County of Northampton". On 26 February 1628, he was raised to the Peerage of England as Baron Brudenell, of Stanton Wyvill in the County of Leicester, and on 20 April 1661 he was further created Earl of Cardigan.
On his death, the tit...
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Earl of Cardigan is a title in the Peerage of England, currently held by the Marquesses of Ailesbury.
On 29 June 1611, Sir Thomas Brudenell was created a Baronet in the Baronetage of England, styled "of Deene in the County of Northampton". On 26 February 1628, he was raised to the Peerage of England as Baron Brudenell, of Stanton Wyvill in the County of Leicester, and on 20 April 1661 he was further created Earl of Cardigan.
On his death, the titles passed to his son, the 2nd Earl, and on the 2nd Earl's death to his grandson, the 3rd Earl, the 2nd Earl's only son, Francis, Lord Brudenell, having predeceased his father.
The titles then passed in turn to the two eldest sons of the 3rd Earl. The 4th Earl inherited the estates of the 2nd Duke of Montagu in 1749, and in 1766 was created Duke of Montagu and Marquess of Monthermer in the Peerage of Great Britain. In 1786 he was also created Baron Montagu, of Boughton in the County of Northampton, with remainder to the younger sons of his...
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