A WILTSHIRE lord has been banned from driving for three months for speeding through Marlborough.

David Brudenell-Bruce, the Earl of Cardigan, was behind the wheel of an uninsured Lexus RX300 when he was caught doing 45mph through a 30 zone on London Road on November 17, 2019. The 2006-plate car had no valid MOT.

Charges of speeding, driving without insurance and without a valid MOT were proved in the 68-year-old’s absence in January.

On Monday, Swindon magistrates fined Brudenell-Bruce, of Savernake, near Marlbrough, £461 and ordered him to  pay £156 in costs and surcharge.

He was disqualified from driving for three months. The ban was reduced after the earl’s lawyers argued it would have a detrimental impact on family members.

Eton-educated Brudenell-Bruce is a distant descendent of Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII. He is the Hereditary Warden of the only privately-owned forest in England; the Savernake Forest.

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