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5 days ago · The Charge of the Light Brigade was a military action undertaken by British light cavalry against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, resulting in many casualties to the cavalry. On 25 October 1854, the Light Brigade, led by Lord Cardigan, mounted a frontal assault against a Russian artillery battery which was well ...
- 25 October 1854
- Russian victory
5 days ago · Unit. Coldstream Guards. Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (born 18 December 1934 – disappeared 8 November 1974, declared dead 3 February 2016), commonly known as Lord Lucan, was a British peer and an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, the eldest son of George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan, and Kaitlin Dawson. He was the great-great grandson of ...
Jul 8, 2024 · Lucan purchased the 17th Lancers' Lieutenant-Colonelcy for £25,000 in 1826, over the head of an experienced Peninsular War and Waterloo veteran. He poured in his own money to smarten the regiment up, as did Cardigan with the 11th Hussars. The 17th Lancers soon acquired the nickname 'Bingham's Dandies'. Lucan was born George Charles Bingham in ...
1 day ago · Charles Guy Fulke Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick, 7th Earl Brooke (4 March 1911 – 20 January 1984), was a British peer and the last Earl of Warwick to live at the family seat Warwick Castle before its sale in 1978. He became the first British aristocrat to star in a Hollywood movie, and was later nicknamed the Duke of Hollywood by the local press.
Jul 19, 2024 · Charles Armstrong-Jones is one of the late Princess Margaret's grandchildren. Aged 25, he is the eldest child born to Serena Stanhope and David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon - the only son ...
Jul 20, 2024 · He is the eldest child of Princess Margaret's only son with Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon and Serena Stanhope. Charles Patrick Inigo ...
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Jul 20, 2024 · Lucan, George Charles Bingham, third Earl of (1800 – 1888) Commander of the cavalry in the Crimea, Lucan was responsible for the immediate order to the Light Brigade, which resulted in their infamous charge on 25 October 1854.
