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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, PHILIP; b.; adm. (aged 12) May 1718.

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 WILLIAM, son of Francis Russell, Marquis of Tavistock (qv); b. 20 Aug 1767; adm. 12 Jan 1778; in school lists 1781; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Nov 1784; MA 1787; DCL 1793; MP Surrey 19 Jan 1789-1807, Tavistock 1807 – Mar 1819, 1826-30; a Lord of the Admiralty 10 Feb 1806 – Apr 1807; m. 11 Jul 1789 Lady Charlotte Anne Villiers, dau. of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey; murdered in his bedroom at 14 Norfolk Street, Park Lane, London, 6 May 1840, by his Swiss valet François Benjamin Courvoisier.

RUSSELL, LORD JAMES, fifth son of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG KB, and Lady Anne Carr, only child of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset; b.; adm.; at school in 1659-60 (Woburn MSS, recording payment for “dyett and lodging of Mr. James Russell and Mr. George Russell for one whole year ended the 27th of January 1660”, and Busby’s Account Book); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1666, aged 20; MA 4 Feb 1666/7 (incorp. Cambridge 1668); of Maidwell, Northants, and Laverstoke, Hampshire; MP Whitchurch 1685-7, 1689-1701, Tavistock 1701-3; lic. to m. 1st, 5 Jul 1682 Elizabeth, widow of Sir John Trott, Bart., and youngest dau. of Sir Edmund Knight, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; m. 2nd, 11 Aug 1698 Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Lloyd, London; d. 22 Jun 1712.

RUSSELL, LORD GEORGE WILLIAM, second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife; b. 8 May 1790; in school list 1803; Cornet, 23rd Light Dragoons 5 Feb 1806; Lieut., 1st Dragoons 11 Sep 1806; Capt., Canadian Fencibles 25 Mar 1808; 82nd Foot, 21 Apr 1808; 23rd Light Dragoons 18 May 1808; Maj., 102nd Foot 4 Feb 1813; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 12 Apr 1814; Maj., half-pay 7 Sep 1815; Lieut. -Col., 8th Light Dragoons 28 Oct 1824; unattached, half-pay 21 Nov 1828; 90th Foot, 23 Apr 1829; unattached, half-pay 17 May 1831; Col. in Army and ADC to King William IV 23 Jul 1830; Major-Gen., 23 Nov 1841; took part in expedition to Copenhagen and served in Peninsular War, wounded at battle of Talavera; MP Bedford 1812-30; attached to Sir Robert Adair (qv)’s mission to Brussels Aug 1831 – Mar 1832; on special mission to Portugal May 1832, with local rank of Brig. -Gen. 27 May 1832; Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon 7 Aug 1833 – Mar 1834; Minister Plenipotentiary at Württemberg Nov 1834 – Nov 1835; Ambassador at Berlin 24 Nov 1835 – Nov 1841; GCB 19 Jul 1838; m. 21 Jun 1817 Elizabeth Anne, only child of Hon. John Theophilus Rawdon MP; d. at Genoa 16 Jul 1846. DNB.

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.