SIGNED DISPLAY OF JAMES BRUDENALL - EARL OF CARDIGAN FAMOUS FOR THE CRIMEA WAR CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
HISTORY
Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, KCB (16 October 1797 – 28 March 1868),
Styled as Lord Cardigan, was an officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, leading to its charge of the Light Brigade at the battle of Balaclava.
Throughout his life in politics and his long military career, he characterised the arrogant and extravagant aristocrat of the period. His progression through the Army was marked by many episodes of extraordinary incompetence, but also by generosity to the men under his command and genuine bravery. As a member of the landed aristocracy, he had actively and steadfastly opposed any political reform in Britain, but in the last year of his life, he relented and came to acknowledge that such reform would bring benefit to all classes of society.
Crimean War
Promoted to Major-General on 20 June 1854, his most notorious exploit took place during the Crimean War on 25 October 1854 when, in command of the Light Cavalry Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava, he led the Charge of the Light Brigade reaching the Russian guns before returning unscathed, in a manoeuvre that cost the lives of about 107 out of the 674 men under his command who took part in the charge (although others may have died of wounds later on). The extent to which Lord Cardigan was to blame is unproven since he attacked only after expressing his doubts and receiving a direct order in front of the troops from his immediate superior Lord Lucan, commander of the Cavalry Division. The two men were barely on speaking terms as Lucan was married to one of Cardigan's sisters and, as Cardigan believed, did not treat her well. The order had been conveyed by Captain Louis Nolan, who died in the charge, and both Lucan and Cardigan blamed him for passing on the order incorrectly. Cardigan's first action on his return from the charge was to report the undisciplined behaviour of Captain Nolan (whom he did not know to be dead) in riding ahead of him at the start of the attack.
Item Description
Approx 7 x 5 Inch photo professionally double mounted above an envelope front authentically signed as per item description and featured image. The display comes with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity from the issuer 'A Sign of the Times, Autographs of Distinction' who is an accredted autographs business based in the UK. Please see there CV below;
Approx 7 x 5 Inch photo professionally double mounted above an envelope front authentically signed as per item description and featured image. The display comes with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity from the issuer 'A Sign of the Times, Autographs of Distinction' who is an accredted autographs business based in the UK. Please see there CV below.
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