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.
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.