Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan

Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan (5 March 1607–16 July 1703). Styled Lord Brudenell between 1661 and 1663, he was the son of Thomas Brudenell, 1st Earl of Cardigan, and Mary Tresham, daughter of Sir Thomas Tresham. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1663. Lord Cardigan converted to Roman Catholicism. He was twice married. He married firstly the Honourable Mary Constable, daughter of Henry Constable, 1st Viscount of Dunbar. After her death he married secondly Anna Savage, daughter of Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Rocksavage. There were children from both marriages. His daughter Mary married William Hay, 4th Earl of Kinnoull and his daughter Anna married Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury. Anna, Countess of Cardigan, died in June 1696. Lord Cardigan died in July 1703, aged 96, and was succeeded in the earldom by his grandson George, his son from his second marriage, Francis, Lord Brudenell, having predeceased him