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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, 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.

RUSSELL, FRANCIS, MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK, second son of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, and his second wife Lady Gertrude Leveson Gower, eldest dau. of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv); b. 26 Sep 1739; adm. Jun 1749 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; still at school 6 March 1757 (account for his board with Mrs Hawkins for three months ending that date, Woburn MSS, printed Elizabethan xxi, 261); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 17 Apr 1757, aged 17; MA 1759; MP (I) Armagh 1759-60; Grand Tour (Italy) 1761-2; MP Bedfordshire from 1761; member, Society of Dilettanti 1763; m. 7 Jun 1764 Lady Elizabeth Keppel, sister of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv); d. from effects of a fall from his horse when out hunting 22 Mar 1767.

ROBINSON, THOMAS, 2ND BARON GRANTHAM, elder son of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham (qv); b. 30 Nov 1738; adm. Mar 1749/50 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Feb 1755; MA 1757; Grand Tour (Italy) 1759-61; MP Christchurch 1761 – 30 Sep 1770; a Commissioner of Trade 11 Oct 1766 – Feb 1770; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 13 Feb 1770 – Feb 1771; Privy Councillor 26 Feb 1770; succ. father as 2nd Baron Grantham 30 Sep 1770; Ambassador at Madrid May 1771- Jul 1779; First Commissioner of Trade 9 Dec 1780 – Jun 1782; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jul 1782 – Apr 1783; member, Committee of Privy Council on Trade, from 5 Mar 1784; FSA 17 Mar 1763; member, Society of Dilettanti 1763; m. 17 Aug 1780 Lady Jemima Grey Yorke, younger dau. of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; d. 20 Jul 1786. DNB.

RIDLEY-COLBORNE, HON. WILLIAM NICHOLAS, only son of Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (qv); b. 24 Jul 1814; adm. 18 Jun 1827 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1832; BA 1836; MP (Whig) Richmond from 1841; d. unm. 23 Mar 1846.

RIDLEY, SIR MATTHEW WHITE, BART., eldest son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1778, qv); b. 9 Sep 1809; adm. 26 Jan 1821 (G); left Whitsun 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1825; BA 1828; succ. as 4th baronet 14 Jul 1836; partner, Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1836-9; MP North Northumberland (Cons) 1859-68; DL JP Northumberland, High Sheriff 1841; member, Society of Dilettanti 1863; m. 21 Sep 1841 Hon. Cecilia Anne Parke, dau. of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale PC, Baron, Court of Exchequer; d. 25 Sep 1877.