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1865--Named after J.T Brundell, the Earl of Cardigan. Cardigan is a historic provence in Dyfed, Wales.

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From the 7th Earl of Cardigan who led the cavalry at the Charge of the Light Brigade. It is an Anglicized version of the Welsh name Ceredigion

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It's a woolly jacket people wear

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