RUSSELL, LORD WRIOTHESLEY, eldest son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his second wife; b. 11 May 1804; adm. 12 Jun 1816 (G); left 1820; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1823; MA 1829; ordained; Rector of Chenies, Bucks., from 20 Dec 1829; Rector of Streatham, Surrey 8 Mar 1830-5; Canon of Windsor from 9 Apr 1840; Deputy Clerk of the Closet to Queen Victoria 19 Apr 1850; Domestic Chaplain to Prince Albert; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria 24 Mar 1862; m. 23 Jun 1829 his cousin Elizabeth Laura Henrietta, youngest dau. of Lord William Russell (qv); d. 6 Apr 1886.

RUSSELL, LORD EDWARD, second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his second wife; b. 24 Apr 1805; adm. 12 Jun 1816 (G); left 12 Nov 1818; entered Royal Navy 13 Jan 1819; Lieut., 18 Oct 1826; Cdr., 15 Nov 1828; Post Capt., 19 Nov 1833; Rear-Adm., 17 Oct 1856; Vice-Adm., 27 Apr 1863; Adm., 20 Mar 1867; retd., 1 Apr 1870; served at battle of Navarino 1827 and in attack on Sevastopol 17 Oct 1854; Naval ADC to Queen Victoria 1846-50; CB 5 Jul 1855; MP (Whig) Tavistock 1841-7; m. 8 Feb 1860 Mary Ann, dau. of Aaron Taylor, Kensington, Middlesex; d. 21 May 1887. DNB.

RUSSELL, LORD CHARLES JAMES FOX, third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his second wife; b. 10 Feb 1807; adm. 21 May 1818 (G); Edinburgh Univ.; page at coronation of George IV 1821; Ensign, unattached, half-pay 8 May 1823; Lieut., 2 Aug 1826; Capt., 23 Mar 1827; 52nd Foot, 31 May 1827; Maj., unattached, half-pay 11 Oct 1833; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 9 Nov 1846; retd., 21 Jan 1848; MP (Whig) Bedfordshire 1832-41, Mar-Jul 1847; Serjeant at Arms, House of Commons 1848-75; Dl Bedfordshire, JP Bedfordshire 1834; President, Marylebone Cricket Club 1835; m. 2 Apr 1834 Isabella Clarissa, dau. of William Griffith Davies, Penylan, Carmarthenshire; d. 29 Jun 1894.

RUSSELL, JOHN, 1ST EARL RUSSELL, third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife; b. 18 Aug 1792; adm. 23 Sep 1803 (G); fag to his brother Lord Tavistock; kept a diary while at the School, including a list of the School for Oct 1803; left Bartholomewtide 1804; Edinburgh Univ. 1809-12; MP Tavistock 4 May 1813 – Mar 1817, 1818-20, Huntingdonshire 1820-6, Bandon Bridge 19 Dec 1826-30, Tavistock 24 Nov 1830-1, Devon 1831-2, South Devon 1832 – Apr 1835, Stroud 29 May 1835-41, City of London 1841- 30 Jul 1861; made his first speech in favour of parliamentary reform 14 Dec 1819; successfully moved repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts 26 Feb 1828; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830; Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 13 Dec 1830 – Nov 1834, also member of Cabinet Jun 1831 – Nov 1834; moved first reading of Reform Bill 31 Mar 1831; introduced Reform Bill for second time 24 Jun 1831, and for third time 12 Dec 1831; advocated reform of the Irish Church 1833-4; leader of Whigs in House of Commons Apr 1835 onwards; Secretary of State for Home Affairs 18 Apr 1835 – Aug 1839; carried through the Municipal Corporations Bill, and diminished the number of offences liable to capital punishment; Secretary for War and the Colonies 30 Aug 1839 – Aug 1841; declared for total repeal of the Corn Laws in his Edinburgh Letter of 22 Nov 1845, and supported their repeal by Peel in 1846; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 6 Jul 1846 – Feb 1852; carried the bill for removing Jewish disabilities through the House of Commons 1848, and responsible for the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill of 1851; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Aberdeen ministry Dec 1852 – Feb 1853, when he resigned but remained in Cabinet without office and continued to lead the House of Commons; Lord President of the Council 12 Jun 1854 – Jan 1855, resigning because of his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Crimean War; Plenipotentiary to Vienna Congress 11 Feb 1855; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1 May – 13 Jul 1855; opposed Disraeli’s Reform Bill of 1859; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 18 Jun 1859 – Nov 1865; the Reform Bill introduced by him on 1 Mar 1860 was subsequently dropped; created Earl Russell 30 Jul 1861; KG 21 May 1862; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 6 Nov 1865 – 18 Jun 1866, resigning on defeat of his Government’s Reform Bill by the ‘Adullamites”; declined Cabinet office in Gladstone’s administration formed in Dec 1868; received freedom City of London 9 Jul 1831; LLD Edinburgh Univ. 8 Nov 1845; FRS 6 May 1847; Lord Rector, Aberdeen Univ., from 1863; GCMG 25 Mar 1869; Busby Trustee 2 Jun 1863; a sincere and able Whig with the courage of his opinions, and a store of constitutional and historical knowledge; although no orator, a skilful debater and creator of telling phrases; edited Letters of the Fourth Duke of Bedford, 1842-6; author, Essay on the English Constitution, and other works; m. 1st, 11 Apr 1835 Adelaide, widow of Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale (qv), and half-sister of Thomas Henry Lister (qv); m. 2nd, 20 Jul 1841 Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot, second dau. of Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto; d. 28 May 1878. DNB.

RUSSELL, JOHN CLAYTON, son of John Russell, Bradford, Yorks., and Grace ---; b. 12 Dec 1858; adm. 26 Jan 1872 (G); left Christmas 1875; stuff merchant (1881 Census), living at The Knoll, Ripon, Yorks.; Lieut., 3rd West Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers; d. 6 May 1931.

RUSSELL, HENRY CHARLES, eldest son of Lord Charles James Fox Russell (qv); b. 30 Oct 1842; adm. Jan 1855 (G); left 1860; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Dec 1860, matr. 1861; LLB 1866; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both York); Curate, Doncaster, Yorks., 1866-9; Vicar of Wentworth, Yorks., 1868-76; Rector of Wollaton, Notts., from 7 Jan 1876; m. 10 Feb 1876 Hon. Leila Louisa Millicent Willoughby, second dau. of Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton; d. 20 Jul 1922.

RUSSELL, FRANCIS, 7TH DUKE OF BEDFORD, eldest son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife; b. 13 May 1788; adm. (G); in school lists 1801, 1803; styled Marquis of Tavistock 1802-39; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 10 Feb 1807; MA 1808; MP Peterborough 14 Mar 1809-12, Bedfordshire 1812-32; a prominent member of Whig party in House of Commons; summoned to House of Lords as Baron Howland of Streatham 15 Jan 1833; succ. father as 7th Duke of Bedford 20 Oct 1839; took Whig/Liberal whip in House of Lords; Privy Councillor 6 Jul 1846; KG 26 Mar 1847; Lord Lieut., Bedfordshire, from 7 Dec 1859; Busby Trustee 1 May 1847; m. 8 Aug 1808 Lady Anna Maria Stanhope, eldest dau. of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington PC GCH, Gen. in the Army; d. 14 Oct 1861.

Ruegg, Walter Brian, son of Walter James Ruegg, of Hampstead, by Kate Cholditch, daughter of Frederick Lewis, of Stroud, Gloucs; b. July 31, 1892; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left. July 1911; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1917; M.A. 1920; ordained deacon 1920, priest 1921 (Canterbury); Curate of Cheriton, Folkestone, Kent, 1920-2; Chaplain of Edgeborough School, Guildford, Surrey, 1922-7; second master of Newton College, Newton Abbot, Devon, 1927-33; Head Master of The Actors Orphanage School 1937-41; Rector of Sampford Brett, Somerset, 1944; resigned for ill-health 1949; Chaplain (Sqdn. Leader) R.A.F.V.R. Nov. 4, 1941-5; m. 1926 Ann Molly Woodes, daughter of Edward Lionel Rogers, of Haywards Heath, Sussex; d. April 30, 1957.

Ruegg, Frederic Edward, brother of Walter Brian Ruegg (q.v.); b. Nov. 14, 1900; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (G); left July 1918; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1918; B.A. 1922; M.A. 1925; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Nov. 19, 1923; Midland Circuit; J.P., Gove div. of Middx., June 1956; m. Sept. 15, 1933, Nancy Muriel, younger daughter of Frederick Hawke, of Hampstead.

Rudolf, Cyril de Montjoie, son of the Rev. Edward de Montjoie Rudolf; Prebendary of St. Paul's, by Emma, daughter of Arthur Bulmer, of Lambeth, Surrey; b. April 14, 1882; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (G); left April 1897; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Lent 1903; B.A. 1907; M.A. 1909; ordained deacon 1909, priest 1910 (Southwark); Curate of Holy Trinity, Rother­hithe, Surrey, 1909-14; member of the Community of the Resurrection, at Mirfield, Yorks, 1914; asst. master, St. John's Coll., Johannesburg, South Africa, 1916-25; returned to Mirfield on leaving South Africa and served there till his death; a tireless missionary in the industrial areas of England, and for many years hon. asst. secretary of the Church of England Children's Society founded by his father; d. May 30, 1958.