Cardigan, Earl of, a British officer; commanded the Light Cavalry Brigade in the Crimean war, and distinguished himself in the famous charge of the Six Hundred, which he led; his favourite regiment, the 11th Hussars, on the equipment of which he lavished large sums of money (1797-1868).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Cardiff * Cardiganshire