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![Earl Of Cardigan Earl In Car Earl Of Cardigan Is A Title In The Peerage Of England Currently Held By The Marquesses Of Ailesbury And Used As A Courtesy Title By The Heir Apparent To That Marquessate Currently David Brudenell-bruce Earl Of Cardigan Son Of The 8th Marquess. The Brudenell Family Descends From Sir Robert Brudenell Chief Justice Of The Common Pleas From 1520 To 1530. His Great-grandson Sir Thomas Brudenell Was Created A Baronet In The Baronetage Of England Styled 'of Deene In The County Of Northampton' On 29 June 1611.[1] 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 Honoured When He Was Made Earl Of Cardigan Also In The Peerage Of England. On His Death The Titles Passed To His Son Robert The 2nd Earl And On The 2nd Earl's Death To His Grandson George The 3rd Earl The 2nd Earl's Only Son Francis Lord Brudenell Having Predeceased His Father. The 3rd Earl's Eldest Son George The 4th Earl Married Lady Mary Montagu Daughter Of John Montagu 2nd Duke Of Montagu And Succeeded To The Montagu Estates On His Father-in-law's Death In 1749 Including The Lordship Of Bowland. He Assumed The Same Year By Royal License The Surname Of Montagu In Lieu Of Brudenell. In 1766 He Was Created Marquess Of Monthermer And Duke Of Montagu In The Peerage Of Great Britain Revivals Of The Titles Which Had Become Extinct On His Father-in-law's Death In 1749. Montagu's Only Son And Heir John Montagu Marquess Of Monthermer Had Already Been Created Baron Montagu Of Boughton In The County Of Northampton In The Peerage Of Great Britain In 1762 A Revival Of Another Title Held By His Maternal Grandfather. However Lord Monthermer Died Childless In 1770 Predeceasing His Father. The Barony Of Montagu Died With Him. In 1786 The Duke Of Montagu Was Also Created Baron Montagu Of Boughton In The County Of Northampton In The Peerage Of Great Brita.](https://editorial01.shutterstock.com/wm-preview-450/2051641a/e8ab76e0/earl-of-cardigan-earl-in-car-earl-of-cardigan-is-a-title-in-the-peerage-of-england-currently-held-by-the-marquesses-of-ailesbury-and-used-as-a-courtesy-title-by-the-heir-apparent-to-that-marquessate-currently-david-brudenell-bruce-earl-of-cardigan-so-shutterstock-editorial-2051641a.jpg)
