Lieutenant-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan was a British Army officer who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, leading its disastrous charge at the Battle of Balacl
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Deene Park, Northamptonshire—seat of the Brudenell family
c. 1841 portrait of Brudenell by Francis Grant
1894 painting of the Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1968 British DeLuxe Color satirical war film made by Woodfall Film Productions and distributed by United Artists, depicting parts of the Crimean War and the eponym
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
…about the Charge of the Light Brigade provides a critical account of Cardigan as a brigade commander but finds him in no way to blame for the charge. The Charge of the Light Brigade, a 1968 film based on Woodham-Smith's research, made Cardigan (played by Trevor Howard) its primary antagonist. The movie depicts Cardigan as a harsh…
Film poster
Cavalry Riding School building at Beaumont Barracks in Aldershot featured in the early scenes