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Bedford, Duke of (E, 1694)

 

Creation: let. pat. 11 May 1694

 

Family name: Russell

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Arms:

Argent a Lion rampant Gules on a Chief sable three Escallops of the first

Crest:

A Goat statant Argent armed and unguled Or

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Lion rampant Gules gorged with a Collar Argent charged with three Escallops Sable;  Sinister:  a Goat Argent armed unguled and bearded Or

Motto:

Che Sera Sera (What will be, will be)

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William [Russell], 5th Earl of Bedford later 1st Duke of Bedford, KG PC

1st son of Francis [Russell], 4th Earl of Bedford, by his wife Hon Catharine Brydges, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Giles [Brydges], 3rd Baron Chandos

born

Aug 1613

mar.

11 July 1637 Lady Anne Carr (b. 9 Dec 1615; d. 10 May 1684; bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham), only child and hrss. of Robert [Carr], 1st Earl of Somerset, by his wife Lady Frances Devereux, former wife of Robert [Devereux], 3rd Earl of Essex, and 2nd dau. of Thomas [Howard], 1st Earl of Suffolk

children

1. Hon Francis Russell, styled Lord Russell (b. 1638;  dvp. 14 Jan 1677/8; bur .at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

2. Rt Hon William Russell, styled Lord Russell, Member of Parliament for Tavistock 1661-65 and 1661-79, and for Bedfordshire 1679-81, Privy Councillor 1679-79/80, accused of being part of the Rye House Plot, tried at the Old Bailey, found guilty, condemned to death, attainted and executed in Lincoln's Inn Fields (b. 29 Sep 1639;  dvp. 21 Jul 1683; bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham), mar. 31 Jul 1669 Lady Rachael Vaughan (widow of Hon Francis Vaughan MP, styled Lord Vaughan, 1st son and heir ap. by his second wife of Richard [Vaughan], 2nd Earl of Carbery;  d. 20 Sep 1723; bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Thomas [Wriothesley], 4th Earl of Southampton, by his first wife Rachel de Massue, 1st dau. of Daniel de Massue, Seigneur de Ruvigny, and had issue:

1a. Lord Wriothesley Russell, later 2nd Duke of Bedford

1a. Lady Rachel Russell (b. Jan 1674;  d. 28 Dec 1725), mar. 21 Jun 1688 William [Cavendish], 2nd Duke of Devonshire, and had issue

2a. Lady Catherine Russell (b. 23 Aug 1676;  d. 31 Oct 1711), mar. 17 Aug 1693 John [Manners], 2nd Duke of Rutland, and had issue

3. Lord Edward Russell

4. Lord Robert Russell

5. Lord James Russell (b. c. 1648; dspm. 22 Jun 1712), mar. (1) c. Jul 1682 Elizabeth Trott (b. c. 1621; d. bef. Aug 1698), widow  of Sir John Trott, 1st Bt., of Laverstoke, co. Hampshire, and dau .and cohrss. of Sir Edmund Wright, Lord Mayor of London 1640-41, by his first wife Martha Baron, dau. of Edward Baron, of London, and (2) Elizabeth Lloyd (mar. (2) 14 Apr 1721 Sir Henry Hoghton, 5th Bt., of Hoghton Tower, co. Lancaster;  d. 1 Dec 1736), dau. of ..... Lloyd, by his wife Tryphena ....., later widow of Robert Grove, and had issue by his second wife

6. Lord George Russell

1. Lady Ann Russell

2. Lady Diana Russell (b. 9 Apr 1652; d. 13 Dec 1701; bur. at Horseheath, co. Cambridge), mar. (1) 29 Aug 1667 Sir Greville Verney, de jure 9th Baron Willoughby de Broke, and (2) 15 Jul 1675 as his third wife William [Alington], 3rd and 1st Baron Alington, and had issue by both her husbands

3. Lady Margaret Russell (b. 31 Aug 1656; bur. sp. 29 Jan 1701/2), mar. 12 Nov 1691 her cousin Edward [Russell], 1st Earl of Orford

died

7 Sep 1700 (bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

created

11 May 1694 Marquess of Tavistock and Duke of Bedford

13 Jun 1695 Baron Howland, of Streatham in the County of Surrey, with remainder to his grandson Wriothesley Russell and his heirs male begotten of the body of his wife, Elizabeth Howland

suc. by

grandson

note

Knight of the Bath 1626 at the Coronation of King Charles I;  Member of Parliament for Tavistock 1641-41;  suc. his father 9 May 1641 as 5th Earl of Bedford;  General of the Horse for Parliament at the Battle of Edgehill 1642;  Lord Lieutenant of Devon and Somerset 1642;  on the Royalist side at the Battle of Newbury 1643;  Knight of the Garter 1672;  a joint Commissioner for the Office of Earl Marshal 1673;  Privy Councillor 1688/9;  Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire 1689-1700, and of Middlesex 1692-1700;  Recorder of Cambridge 1689

 

Wriothesley [Russell], 2nd Duke of Bedford, KG

born

1 Nov 1680

mar.

23 May 1695 Elizabeth Howland (b. c. 1682; d. 29 Jul 1724; bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham), only dau. and hrss. of John Howland, of Streatham, Surrey, by his wife, Elizabeth Child, only dau. and hrss. of Sir Josiah Child, 1st Bt., of Wanstead, Essex, by his first wife Anne Boat

children

1. Lord William Russell, styled Marquess of Tavistock (b. 13 Aug 1703; bur. vp. at Chenies, co. Buckingham, 27 Dec 1703)

2. Lord William Russell, styled Marquess of Tavistock (bur. vp. at Chenies, co. Buckingham, 13 May 1707)

3. Lord Wriothesley Russell, later 3rd Duke of Bedford

4. Lord John Russell, later 4th Duke of Bedford

1. Lady Rachel Russell (d. 22 May 1777), mar. (1) 4 Aug 1722 as his second wife Scroop [Egerton], 1st Duke of Bridgewater, and (2) Sir Richard Lyttelton KB (dsp. 1 Oct 1770), and had issue by her first husband

2. Lady Elizabeth Russell (d. 8 Jun 1784), mar. 3 Feb 1725/6 as his second wife William [Capell], 3rd Earl of Essex, and had issue

died

26 May 1711 (bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

suc. by

son

mote

a Gentleman of the Bedchamber 1701-02;  Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Middlesex 1701-11;  Lord High Constable of England at the Coronation of Queen Anne 1702;  Knight of the Garter 1701/2

 

Wriothesley [Russell], 3rd Duke of Bedford

born

25 May 1708

mar.

22 Apr 1725 Lady Anne Egerton (mar. (2) 23 Jun 1733 William [Villiers], 3rd Earl of Jersey;  d. 15 Jun 1762; bur. at Middleton Stoney, co. Oxford), only dau. of Scroop [Egerton], 1st Duke of Bridgewater, by his first wife Lady Elizabeth Churchill, 3rd dau. and cohrss. of John [Churchill], 1st Duke of Marlborough

died

s.p. 23 Oct 1732 (bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

suc. by

brother

 

John [Russell], 4th Duke of Bedford, KG PC

born

30 Sep 1710

mar. (1)

11 Oct 1731 Lady Diana Spencer (b. c. 1710; dsps. 27 Sep 1735; bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham), yst. dau. of Charles [Spencer], 3rd Earl of Sunderland, by his second wife Lady Ann Churchill, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of John [Churchill], 1st Duke of Marlborough

children by first wife

1. Lord John Russell, styled Marquess of Tavistock (b. and dvp. 6 Nov 1732; bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

mar. (2)

2 Apr 1737 Lady Gertrude Leveson-Gower (d. 1 Jul 1794; bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham), 2nd dau. of John [Leveson-Gower], 1st Earl Gower, by his first wife Lady Evelyn Pierrepont, 3rd dau. by his first wife of Evelyn [Pierrepont], 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull

children by second wife

2. Lord Francis Russell MP, styled Marquess of Tavistock, Member of Parliament (Whig) for Armagh 1759-60, and for Bedfordshire 1761-67 (b. 27 Sep 1739;  dvp. 22 Mar 1767; bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham), mar. 8 Jun 1764 Lady Elizabeth Keppel (b. 15 Nov 1739;  d. 2 Nov 1768; bur. at Chenies, co. Bedford), 6th dau. of William Anne [Keppel], 2nd Earl of Albemarle, by his wife Lady Anne Lennox, 2nd dau. of Charles [Lennox], 1st Duke of Richmond, and had issue:

1a. Lord Francis Russell, later 5th Duke of Bedford

2a. Lord John Russell, later 6th Duke of Bedford

3a. Lord William Russell (b. 20 Aug 1767;  d. 6 May 1840), mar. 11 Jul 1789 Lady Charlotte Anne Villiers (d. 31 Aug 1808), 1st dau. of George Bussey [Villiers], 4th Earl of Jersey, and had issue

1. Lady Caroline Russell (b. Jan 1742/3;  d. 26 Nov 1811), mar. 23 Aug 1762 George [Spencer], 4th Duke of Marlborough, and had issue

died

15 Jan 1771 (bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

suc.

grandson

note

First Lord of the Admiralty 1744-47/8;  Privy Councillor 1744;  a Lord Justice of the Realm 1745;  Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire 1745-71, and of Devon 1751-71;  Master of the Trinity House 1756-60 and 1764-68;  Warden of the New Forest 1745/6-71;  a principal Secretary of State for the South 1747/8-51;  Knight of the Garter 1749;  Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1757-61;  Lord High Constable at the Coronation of King George III 1761;  Lord Privy Seal 1761-63;  Ambassador to France 1762-63;  Lord President of the Council 1763-65;  Chancellor of the University of Dublin 1765-71

 

Francis [Russell], 5th Duke of Bedford

born

23 Jul 1765

died

2 Mar 1802 (bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

suc. by

brother

 

John [Russell], 6th Duke of Bedford, KG PC

born

6 July 1766

mar. (1)

21 Mar 1786 Hon Georgiana Elizabeth Byng (d. 11 Oct 1801; bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham), 2nd dau. of George [Byng], 4th Viscount Torrington, by his wife Lady Lucy Boyle, 1st dau. by his second wife of John [Boyle], 5th Earl of Cork

children by first wife

1. Lord Francis Russell, later 7th Duke of Bedford

2. Maj Gen Lord George William Russell GCB MP (b. 8 May 1790;  d. 16 Jul 1846), mar. 21 Jun 1817 Elizabeth Anne Rawdon (d. 10 Aug 1874), only child of Hon John Theophilus Rawdon (by his wife Frances Stephenson, dau. of Joseph William Hall Stephenson), 2nd son by his third wife of John [Rawdon], 1st Earl of Moira, and had issue:

1a. Lord Francis Charles Hastings Russell, later 9th Duke of Bedford

2a. Lord Arthur John Edward Russell MP (b. 13 Jun 1825;  d. 4 Apr 1892), mar. 25 Sep 1865 Laura de Peyronnet (d. 27 Feb 1910), dau. of Viscount de Peyronnet, and had issue

3a. Lord Odo William Leopold Russell, later 1st Baron Ampthill

1a. Lady Blanche Russell (b. 9 Apr 1818;  d. 26 Jun 1818)

3. Lord John Russell, later 1st Earl Russell

mar. (2)

23 Jun 1803 Lady Georgiana Gordon (b. 18 Jul 1781;  d. 24 Feb 1853; bur. at Nice, France), 5th dau. of Alexander [Gordon], 4th Duke of Gordon, by his first wife Jane Maxwell, dau. of Sir William Maxwell of Monreith, 3rd Bt.

children by second wife

4. Rev Lord Wriothesley Russell, Rector of Chenies, co. Buckingham, and Canon of Windsor (b. 11 May 1804;  d. 6 Apr 1886), mar. 23 Jun 1829 his cousin Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell (d. 5 May 1886), yst. dau. of Lord William Russell, and had issue

5. Adm Lord Edward Russell CB (b. 24 Apr 1805;  dsp. 21 May 1887), mar. 8 Feb 1860 Mary Ann Taylor (d. 16 Oct 1874), dau. of Aaron Taylor, of Montpelier Street, Kensington, London

6. Lt Col Lord Charles James Fox Russell MP, Serjeant-at-Arms to the House of Commons 1848-75 (b. 10 Feb 1807;  d. 29 Jun 1894), mar. 2 Apr 1834 Isabella Clarissa Davies (d. 19 Jun 1884), dau. of William Griffith Davies, of Penylan, co. Carmarthen, by his first wife Elizabeth Seymour, 1st dau . of Lord Robert Seymour MP (by his first wife Anne Delmé, dau. of Peter Delmé), 3rd son of Francis [Seymour-Conway], 1st Marquess of Hertford, and had issue

7. Capt Lord Francis John Russell RN (b. 23 Oct 1808; dsp. 28 Jan 1869), mar. 13 Apr 1844 Elizabeth Peyton (mar. (2) 1873 J Loraine Baldwin; d. 2 Feb 1888), dau. of Rev Algernon Peyton and niece of Sir Henry Peyton, Bt.

8. Capt Lord Henry Russell RN (b. 17 Feb 1816; d. 2 May 1842), mar. 21 Sep 1841 Henrietta Maria Stopford (mar. (2) 1852 Lt Col Cecil William Forester; d. 4 Feb 1869), 3rd dau. of Admiral of the Red Hon Sir Robert Stopford GCB GCMG RN, Governor of the Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich (by his wife Mary Fanshawe, dau. of Robert Fanshawe) 3rd son of James [Stopford], 2nd Earl of Courtown

9. Maj Lord Cosmo George Russell (b. 2 Jul 1817; d. 18 Dec 1875), mar. 21 Oct 1851 Annie Norbury (mar. (2) 20 Mar 1877 Maj Gen Thomas Henry Clifton; d. 18 Apr 1896), yst. dau. of John George Norbury

10. Gen Lord Alexander George Russell GCB (b. 16 Dec 1821;  d. 10 Jan 1907), mar. 3 Jul 1844 Anne Emily Worsley-Holmes (d. 16 Oct 1906), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley-Holmes, 9th Bt. MP, of Westover, Isle of Wight, by his wife and first cousin once removed Anne Redstone Delgarno, dau. of John Delgarno, of Newport, Isle of Wight, and had issue

1. Lady Louisa Jane Russell VA (b. 8 Jul 1812;  d. 31 Mar 1905), mar. 25 Oct 1832 James [Hamilton], 1st Duke of Abercorn, and had issue

2. Lady Rachel Evelyn Russell (d. 21 Feb 1898), mar. 3 Apr 1856 Capt Lord James Wandesford Butler (b. 18 May 1815;  d. 13 Dec 1893), 2nd son of James [Butler], 1st Marquess of Ormonde, and had issue

3. Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Russell (d. 22 Mar 1867), mar. 13 Jan 1842 Charles Romilly, Barrister-at-Law (b. 1808;  d. 26 Aug 1887), and had issue

died

20 Oct 1839 (bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Recorder of Bedford;  Member of Parliament (Whig) for Tavistock 1788-90 and 1790-1802;  Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1806-07;  Privy Councillor 1806;  Knight of the Garter 1830

 

Francis [Russell], 7th Baron Howland later 7th Duke of Bedford, KG PC

born

13 May 1788

mar.

8 Aug 1808 Lady Anna Maria Stanhope, a Lady of the Bedchamber 1837-41 (b. 3 Sep 1783;  d. 3 Jul 1857; bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham), 1st dau. of Charles [Stanhope], 3rd Earl of Harrington, by his wife Jane Fleming, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Fleming, 1st and last Bt., of Brompton Park, co. Middlesex

only child

1. Lord William Russell, later 8th Duke of Bedford

died

14 May 1861 (bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Peterborough 1809-12, and for Bedfordshire 1812-32;  sum. to the House of Lords v.p. 1833 in his father's Barony of Howland;  Privy Councillor 1846;  Knight of the Garter 1847;  Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire 1859-61

 

William [Russell], 8th Duke of Bedford

born

1 Jul 1809

died

27 May 1872 (bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

suc. by

cousin

note

Member of Parliament (Lib.) for Tavistock 1831-41

 

Francis Charles Hastings [Russell], 9th Duke of Bedford, KG

born

16 Oct 1819

mar.

18 Jan 1844 Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West VA, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria 1880-83;  Extra Lady of the Bedchamber 1883 (b. 23 Sep 1818; d. 22 Apr 1897; cremated at Woking and her ashes bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham), 1st dau. of George John [West later Sackville-West], 5th Earl De La Warr, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Sackville, suo jure Baroness Buckhurst, sister and cohrss. of George John Frederick [Sackville], 4th Duke of Dorset, and 2nd dau. of John Frederick [Sackville], 3rd Duke of Dorset,

children

1. Lord George William Francis Sackville Russell, later 10th Duke of Bedford

2. Lord Herbrand Arthur Russell, later 11th Duke of Bedford

1. Lady Ela Monica Sackville Russell (b. 1854;  d. 2 Feb 1936)

2. Lady Ermyntrude Sackville Russell (b. 1856;  dsp. 22 Mar 1927), mar. 19 Mar 1885 Rt Hon Sir Edwin Baldwin Malet, 4th Bt. GCB GCMG (b. 10 Oct 1837;  dsp. 29 Jun 1908)

died

14 Jan 1891 (cremated at Woking and his ashes bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Lib.) for Bedfordshire 1847-72;  Knight of the Garter 1880;  Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire 1884-91

 

George William Francis Sackville [Russell], 10th Duke of Bedford

born

16 Apr 1852

mar.

24 Oct 1876 Lady Adeline Marie Somers-Cocks GBE LJStJ (b. 24 May 1852;  dsp. 12 Apr 1920), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Charles Somers [Cocks later Somers-Cocks], 3rd Earl Somers, by his wife Virginia Pattie, dau. of James Pattie, BCS

died

s.p. 23 Mar 1893 (bur. at Chenies, co. Buckingham)

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament (Lib.) for Bedfordshire 1875-85;  Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1889

 

Herbrand Arthur [Russell], 11th Duke of Bedford, KG KBE

born

19 Feb 1858

mar.

30 Jan 1888 Dame Mary du Caurroy Tribe DBE DGStJ (b. 26 Sep 1865; d. 22 Mar 1937), 2nd dau. of Ven Walter Harry Tribe, Archdeacon of Lahore, India, by his wife Sophia Lander, dau. of Charles Lander, Consul-General in the Dardanelles, Turkey

children

1. Lord Hastings William Sackville Russell, later 12th Duke of Bedford

died

27 Aug 1940

suc. by

son

note

ADC to the Viceroy of India 1885-86;  Chairman, Bedfordshire County Council 1895-1928;  Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex 1898-1926;  President of the Zoological Society of London 1899-1936;  first Mayor of Holborn 1900;  Knight of the Garter 1902;  Militia ADC to the King 1908-20;  KBE (Mil.) 1919;  KGStJ

 

Hastings William Sackville [Russell], 12th Duke of Bedford

born

21 Dec 1888

mar.

21 Nov 1914 Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell (b. 27 Mar 1893; d. 2 Oct 1960), 2nd dau. of Robert Jowitt Whitwell, of Banbury Road, Oxford, solicitor, by his wife Louisa Crommelin Brown, dau. of Colin Brown, of Glasgow

children

1. Lord John Robert Russell, later 13th Duke of Bedford

2. Lord Hugh Hastings Russell, of The Bell House, Dolau, Llandrinodd Wells, co. Powys (b. 29 Mar 1923; d. 6 Jan 2005), mar. 7 Sep 1957 Rosemary Markby, 2nd dau. of Keith Freeling Markby, of Treworder, Blisland, Bodmin, co. Cornwall, by his wife Violet Muriel Peel, and had issue

1. Lady Daphne Crommelin Russell (b. 2 Sep 1920)

died

9 Oct 1953

suc. by

son

 

John Robert [Russell], 13th Duke of Bedford

born

24 May 1917

mar. (1)

6 Apr 1939 Clare Gwendolyn Hollway (b. 21 Nov 1907; former wife of Capt Kenneth Chamney Walpole Hollway MC;  d. 1 Sep 1945), 3rd dau. of Ernest John Bridgman, of Amwell Street, Hoddesdon, co. Hertford, auctioneer and estate agent, by his wife Alice Roddick, 2nd dau. of Andrew Roddick, of Quinton Hill Farm, Waltham Abbey, co. Essex

children by first wife

1. Lord Henry Robin Ian Russell, later 14th Duke of Bedford

2. Lord Rudolf Russell, of Charlton Park House, Malmesbury, co. Wiltshire (b. 7 Mar 1944), mar. 1989 Farah Mogaddam, 2nd dau. of Gen R Mogaddam

mar. (2)

12 Feb 1947 (div. 1960) Hon Lydia Lyle (b. 17 Oct 1917; widow of Capt Ian Archibald de Hoghton Lyle;  d. 25 Jul 2006), 3rd dau. of John Reginald Lopes [Yarde-Buller], 3rd Baron Churston, by his wife Jessie Smither, only dau. of Alfred John Smither

only child by second wife

3. Lord Francis Hastings Russell, of 13 George Street, Woburn, co. Bedford (b. 27 Feb 1950), mar. (1) 29 Mar 1971 Faith Diane Carrington, former wife of George Carrington, and dau. of Dr S I M Ibrahim, of Singapore, and (2) 1 Feb 1996 (div. 2007) Sarah Jane Clemence (mar. (2) 27 Mar 2008 Hon Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Bt.), dau. of Terence J Clemence, of Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, and has issue by both wives

mar. (3)

4 Sep 1960 Nicole Charlotte Pierette Milinaire (b. 29 Jun 1920; former wife of Henri Milinaire; d. 7 Sep 2012), dau. of Paul Schneider, of Neuilly, Seine, France, by his wife Marguerite Durand

died

25 Oct 2002

suc. by

son by first wife

 

Henry Robin Ian [Russell], 14th Duke of Bedford, DL

born

21 Jan 1940

mar.

20 Jun 1961 Henrietta Joan Tiarks (b. 5 Mar 1940), only dau. of Henry Frederic Tiarks, of Casa Ina, Finca Torres, Malaga, Spain, by his second wife Ina Florence Hampson (the actress Joan Barry), widow of Henry Hampson, of London, and dau. of Francis Marshman Bell, of Melbourne and Sydney, Australia

children

1. Lord Andrew Ian Henry Russell,later 15th Duke of Bedford

2. Lord Robin Loel Hastings Russell (b. 12 Aug 1963), mar. 1994 Stephanie Niklas, dau. of Kurt Niklas, of Beverley Hills, California, USA

3. Lord James Edward Herbrand Russell (b. 11 Feb 1975), mar. Dawn Alexander, and has issue

died

13 Jun 2003

suc. by

son

 

Andrew Ian Henry [Russell], 15th Duke of Bedford

born

30 Mar 1962

mar.

16 Oct 2000 Louise Rona Crammond (b. 1964), 1st dau. of Donald Ian Crammond by his wife Rona Zara Clifford-Johns, dau. of Ernest Clifford-Johns, of Wargrave, co. Berkshire

children

1. Lord Henry Robert Charles Russell, styled Marquess of Tavistock (b. 7 Jun 2005)

1. Lady Alexandra Louisa Clare Russell (b. 9 Jul 2001)

 

 Last updated 19 Nov 2012

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Titles:

15th Duke of Bedford

(England, let. pat. 11 May 1694)

15th Marquess of Tavistock

(England, let. pat. 11 May 1694)

19th Earl of Bedford

(England, let. pat. 15 Jan 1550)

19th Baron Russell, of Chenies in the County of Bedford

(England, let. pat. 9 Mar 1539/40)

17th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, of Thornhaugh in the County of Northampton

(England, let. pat. 21 Jul 1603)

15th Baron Howland, of Streatham in the County of Surrey

(England, let. pat. 13 Jun 1695)

 

Address:

Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire MK43 0TP

 

Website for Woburn Abbey:

www.woburn.co.uk

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