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Robert Brudenell (20 September 1726 – 20 October 1768) was a
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army officer and Member of Parliament. Brudenell was the third son of the 3rd Earl of Cardigan and Elizabeth Bruce and a younger brother of the 1st Duke of Montagu and 4th Earl of Cardigan and the 5th Earl of Cardigan. He was educated at
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and
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; on 27 January 1759, he married Anne Bishopp, a daughter of
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. Brudenell was commissioned as
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in the First Foot Guards in 1748, promoted to Captain in 1751, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1758 and Colonel in 1762. In 1763 he became colonel of the
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, a post he held until his removal to the 4th Regiment of Foot in 1765. He was also Lieutenant-Governor of
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from 1752, and Vice-Chamberlain to
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from 1766 until his death. He served as MP for
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from 1756 to 1761 and for
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from 1761 to 1768. However, he took little interest in politics, generally supporting each successive administration so as to avoid any risk to his military advancement. As he predeceased his childless elder brothers, Brudenell's son,
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became the 6th Earl of Cardigan.


References

* Lewis Namier & John Brooke, ''The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790'' (London: HMSO, 1964) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brudenell, Robert 1726 births 1768 deaths British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Grenadier Guards officers Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment officers Younger sons of earls
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18th-century British Army personnel