| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
| The Earl of Cardigan | |
| Term Start: | 1801 |
| Term End: | 1802 |
| Predecessor: | Parliament of Great Britain |
| Successor: | James Henry Leigh Lord Bruce |
| Term Start1: | 1797 |
| Term End1: | 1801 |
| Predecessor1: | Hon. James Bruce Lord Bruce |
| Successor1: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Birth Name: | Robert Brudenell |
| Birth Date: | 25 April 1760 |
| Birth Place: | Westminster |
| Death Place: | Marylebone |
| Education: | Harrow School |
| Parents: | Robert Brudenell Anne Bisshopp Brudenell |
| Children: | 10 |
| Relatives: | Sir Cecil Bisshopp, 6th Baronet (grandfather) |
Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan (25 April 1760 – 14 August 1837) was an English peer and Member of Parliament.[1]
Robert Brudenell was born in Westminster, the posthumous son and heir of Colonel the Hon. Robert Brudenell and his wife Anne, the daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, 6th Baronet of Parham, Sussex. He was educated at Harrow School.
He was a keen cricketer who made eight known appearances in first-class cricket matches between 1790 and 1793. He was an early member of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), for whose team he played most of his matches.[2]
He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Marlborough in both the Parliaments of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from 1797 until 1802.
He succeeded to his title and estates on 24 February 1811, following the death of his uncle James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan.
On 8 March 1794, Brudenell was married to Penelope Anne (née Cooke) (1770–1826), the second daughter of George John Cooke of Harefield Park and the former Penelope Bowyer (only daughter of Sir William Bowyer, 3rd Baronet). Together, they were the parents of two sons and eight daughters, including:
The earl died at Marylebone, aged 77.[4]