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SEYMOUR, HENRY, son of Francis Seymour MP, Sherborne, Dorset, and Elizabeth, widow of Edward Richard Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbroke MP, Col. 37th Foot, and dau. of Alexander Popham MP, Littlecote, Wilts.; half-brother of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1738/9 (Powell's); left 1747; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Apr 1747; Grand Tour (Italy) 1751-2; a Groom of the Bedchamber 16 Feb 1763 – 17 Jan 1765; MP Totnes 7 Apr 1763-8, Huntingdon 1768-74, Evesham 1774-80; settled at Prunay, near Versailles, France 1778; the neighbour and penultimate lover of Madame Du Barry; returned to England in 1792; his property in France was confiscated, and bundles of his tradesmens’ bills and other papers are now in the Archives Nationales, Paris; author of a French prose translation of William Mason’s poem The English Garden, 1788; m. 1st, 24 Jul 1753 Lady Caroline Cowper, only dau. of William Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper; m. 2nd, 5 Oct 1775 Louise Thérèse, widow of Comte Guillaume de Panthou, and dau. of Charles de La Martillière, Seigneur de Chançay; d. 14 Apr 1807. DNB.

SELWYN, WILLIAM, brother of Charles Jasper Selwyn (qv); b. 14 Jun 1732; adm. Mar 1739/40; KS 1745; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750, matr. 1749; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Jul 1749, called to bar 6 Nov 1754, Bencher 10 Nov 1780, Treasurer 1793; KC 1780; [perhaps Counsel for Colonial Business, Home Office Jul 1782 – Apr 1783, Dec 1783 – Feb 1796]; MP Whitchurch 17 Mar 1783-90; m. 15 Sep 1763 Frances Elizabeth, dau. of John Dod, Woodford, Essex; d. 21 Aug 1817.

SALUSBURY-TRELAWNY, SIR WILLIAM LEWIS, BART., second son of Sir Harry Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b. 4 Jul 1781; adm.; at school 1791; KS 1795; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Feb 1799; assumed surname of Salusbury only 30 Oct 1802, and surname of Trelawny in addition to and after Salusbury 19 Dec 1807; High Sheriff, Cornwall 1811; MP (Whig) East Cornwall 1832-7; succ. father as 8th baronet 25 Feb 1834; Lord Lieut., Cornwall, from 30 Dec 1839; m. 24 Aug 1807 Patience Christian, dau. of John Phillipps Carpenter, Mount Tavy, Devon; d. 15 Nov 1856.

SALUSBURY-TRELAWNY, SIR JOHN, BART., second son of Sir William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b. 2 Jun 1816; adm. 17 Jun 1824 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 May 1835; BA 1839; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Nov 1837; migrated to Middle Temple 1 May 1841, called to bar 5 Nov 1841; MP (Whig/Liberal) Tavistock Mar 1843-52, 1857-65, East Cornwall 1868-74; succ. father as 9th baronet 15 Nov 1856; Deputy Warden of the Stannaries 15 May 1869; DL Cornwall 1840; m. 1st, 25 Jan 1842 Harriet Jane, eldest dau. of John Hearle Tremayne MP, Heligan, Cornwall; m. 2nd, 19 May 1881 Harriet Jacqueline, widow of Edward George Walpole Keppel (qv), and youngest dau. of Sir Anthony Buller (qv); d. 4 Aug 1885.

SALUSBURY-BRERETON, OWEN, son of Thomas Brereton MP (afterwards Brereton-Salusbury), Duke Street, Westminster, and his first wife Mary (a widow on marriage), dau. of Brig. -Gen. Henry Trelawny MP, Whitley, Devon; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1724/5; KS 1729; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1734, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1734, scholar 2 May 1735, matr. 1734; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Dec 1734; migrated to Middle Temple 9 Jun 1738, called to bar 24 Nov 1738; readm. to Lincoln’s Inn 27 Nov 1746, Bencher 28 Jun 1756, Treasurer 1776; assumed surname of Salusbury before that of Brereton on death of his father; of Shotwick Park, Cheshire; Lottery Commissioner 1738; Recorder of Liverpool from Sep 1742; Baron of the Exchequer, Chester, from 21 Oct 1749; MP Ilchester 14 Dec 1775-80; Constable of Flint Castle from 1775; FRS 17 Jun 1762; FSA 24 Mar 1763; a well-known antiquary, who contributed several papers to Archaeologia; m. 1 Dec 1755 Katherine, dau. of William Whitmore MP, Lower Slaughter, Gloucs., and Apley, Shropshire; d. 8 Sep 1798. DNB.

SACKVILLE, JOHN FREDERICK, 3RD DUKE OF DORSET, only son of Lord John Philip Sackville (qv); b. 24 Mar 1745; adm. (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; MP Kent 1768 – 5 Jan 1769; succ. uncle as 3rd Duke of Dorset 5 Jan 1769; Lord Lieut., Kent 27 Jan 1769 – 30 Jun 1797; Grand Tour (Italy) 1770-1; member, Society of Dilettanti 1776; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard 11 Feb 1782 – 3 Apr 1783; Privy Councillor 11 Feb 1782; Ambassador to Paris 26 Dec 1783 – 8 Aug 1789; KG 9 Apr 1788; Lord Steward of the Household 7 Oct 1789 – 20 Feb 1799; Col. West Kent Militia 13 Apr 1778, with rank of Col. in the Army 2 Jul 1779; a member of the Hambledon and White Conduit cricket clubs; member of committee which revised the laws of cricket at the Star and Garter Hotel, Pall Mall, 25 Feb 1774, and also of the committee which drew up the original rules of the Marylebone Club; played cricket for Kent 1777-83, and allowed public use of his Vyne Ground at Sevenoaks; m. 4 Jan 1790 Arabella Diana, dau. of Sir Charles Cope, Bart.; d. 19 Jul 1799. 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.

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, 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.