RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM, BART., only son of Sir Francis Russell, Bart., and Anne Gee; b.; adm. (aged 7) Feb 1742/3 (Gibson's); succ. father as 7th baronet 1744; left 1747; Page of Honour to Duke of Cumberland (Chamberlayne 1748); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 24 Apr 1751; Lieut. and Capt., 6 Nov 1755; the “favourite friend” at school of William Cowper (adm. 1742, qv), who lamented his death in verses printed in his Collected Works; drowned in river Thames, unm. 21 Sep 1757.

RUSSELL, WILLIAM ROBERT, only son of Claud Russell (qv); b. 13 Mar 1817; adm. 29 Apr 1829 (Stikeman's); d. at school of scarlet fever 1 Mar 1830.

RUSSELL, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).

RUSSELL, RICHARD, second son of William Russell, Basingstoke, Hampshire, and Jane (Coleman ?) (IGI); bapt. Basingstoke 5 Oct 1695 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1711; QS 1712; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1716, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Canoneer Student 23 Jul 1717 – void 1719; BCL 1723; DCL 1743; ordained deacon 24 May 1719, priest 20 Dec 1719 (both London); Rector of Overton, Hampshire 1719-71; Rector of Ashe, Hampshire, from 17 Nov 1729; m. 1st, 16 Oct 1719 (IGI) Elizabeth, widow of Simon Boulte, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, Deputy Teller of the Exchequer, and dau. of John Clayton, The Stable Yard, Westminster; m. 2nd, 21 May 1744 Mary, dau. of William Dicker, Overton, Hampshire; d. 27 Jan 1783.

RUSSELL, PERCY; b. London 24 Jul 1865; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (G); left Dec 1882; accountant, living Hampstead, Middlesex, in 1901 (1901 Census).

Russell, Paul, son of Henry Francis George Russell of Kensington; b. 6 July 1914; adm. May 1928 (A); left July 1932; living in Bedford 1991; d. 9 Oct. 2003.

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, Lawrence Vaughan, son of the Rev. Charles Walter Russell, Vicar of All Saints, Tooting, by Bertha Frances, daughter of Winstanley Hull, of Hazelwood, co. Derby; b. Jan. 30, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left Easter 1917; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.A.F. Aug. 2, 1918; wounded near Buhe Nov. 6, 1918; demob. from hospital March 1919; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Easter 1919; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1925; a schoolmaster 1921-4; m. Dec. 5, 1925, Mary Cherrill, daughter of the Rev. Sidney Alfred Pizey Kermode, Rector of Haddenham, Cambs.; d. 29 July 1981.