Ancestral Trails 2016 » George BRUDENELL (1685-1732)

Personal data George BRUDENELL 

• He was born on September 29, 1685 in London, Middlesex.Sources 1, 3, 5
• Title: 3rd Earl Cardingan
• He died on July 5, 1732 in Deene, Northamptonshire, he was 46 years old.Sources 1, 3, 5
• He is buried July 1732 in St Peter, Deene, Northamptonshire.Sources 3, 5
• A child of Francis BRUDENELL and Frances SAVILLE

Household of George BRUDENELL

He is married to Elizabeth BRUCE.

They got married on May 15, 1707 at St Martin in the Fields, Charing Cross, Westminster, Middlesex, he was 21 years old.Source 9

Child(ren):

1. George BRUDENELL  1712-1790 
2. James BRUDENELL  1725-1811
3. Maria BRUDENELL  1717-1813 
4. Thomas BRUDENELL-BRUCE  1729-1814 
5. Robert BRUDENELL  1726-1768 

• The couple has common ancestors.



Notes about George BRUDENELL

George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan (29 September 1685 - 5 July 1732), styled Lord Brudenell between 1698 and 1703, was a British peer.

Brudenell was the son of Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell, by Lady Francis Savile, daughter of Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex. He succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1703. In 1708 he renounced his Roman Catholic faith. In 1712 he was appointed Master of the Buckhounds, a post he held until 1715.

Lord Cardigan married Lady Elizabeth Bruce, daughter of Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin, in 1703. They had several children, including George, the 4th Earl, who was created Duke of Montagu in 1766, James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan, the Honourable Robert Brudenell and Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, who succeeded to the Bruce estates and was created Earl of Ailesbury in 1776. Lord Cardigan died in July 1732 and was succeeded by his eldest son, George. The Countess of Cardigan died in December 1745, aged 56.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

It was at this time that the Brudenells became linked with the Bruce family i.e. the Earls of Elgin and Ailesbury, as George fell in love with Elizabeth Bruce. Her family were staunch Protestsants whereas George had been brought up in the Catholic faith, but to further his marriage he reverted to the Church of England.. The bride brought with her a dowry of £10,000, a. fortune in itself. The marriage proved to be a very happy one.

It is interesting to note that at this period, whist and billiards were becoming popular as was smoking. A billiard table was installed at Deene at a cost of £40. Many improvements were carried out to the interior of the Manor house. Landscape gardening was also in fashion among the aristocracy. A stream through Deene park was diverted to form a canal in front of the house with a lake beyond. Some idea of wages in those days may be gathered from the fact that the 36 labourers employed on this work were paid 8d per day, about 3p in todays coinage, while the bricklayer who constructed many of the walls on the estate was paid 6s 6d per thousand bricks laid.

Lord and Lady Brudenell were also responsible for setting up Cardigan House, a magnificent residence and town house in Lincolns Inns Field. However, the journey by family coach from Deene to London took 2 days and was no doubt hazardous.

The four sons of the 3rd. Earl all enjoyed royal favour with King George III. The eldest son George was appointed Governor of Windsor Castle while James was Keeper of the Privy Purse; Robert Groom of the Bedchamber, and Thomas Bruce Vice Chamberlain of the Royal Household. In 1747, Thomas at the age of 17 inherited the Tottenham Court estate in Wiltshire, and lands in Yorkshire becoming Lord Bruce and adopting this as an additional surname to that of Brudenell. So developed the line of Brudenell-Bruce.

The lives of the 4th., 5th,, and 6th., Earls of Cardigan were relatively uneventful.
SOURCE: http://www.brudenell.net/famous.html#thomas3


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