Background
Brudenell was the son of Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell, by Lady Francis Savile, daughter of Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex.
Brudenell was the son of Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell, by Lady Francis Savile, daughter of Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex.
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.
The Countess of Cardigan died in December 1745, aged 56.