If Lord Cardigan* had been the gambler and the Earl of Sandwich** was desirous of a jersey that buttoned up the front, why we'd all be eating cardigans and wearing sandwiches! : )
*Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan,(16 October 1797 – 28 March 1868) commanded the Light Brigade of the British Army during the Crimean War. The “cardigan”, a knitted waistcoat supposedly as worn by the earl on campaign, became fashionable and many were sold.
**The modern sandwich is possibly named after Lord Sandwich. It is said that he ordered his valet to bring him meat tucked between two pieces of bread during a card game. Because Montagu also happened to be the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, others began to order "the same as Sandwich!"
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