Russell, Francis, 1739-1767

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Russell, Francis, 1739-1767

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        1739-1767

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        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.

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        Russell, John, 1766-1839 (1766-1839)

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        GB-2014-WSA-15078

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        family

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        Russell, John, 1766-1839 is the child of Russell, Francis, 1739-1767

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        Russell, Lord William, 1767-1840 (1767-1840)

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        GB-2014-WSA-15087

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        family

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        Russell, Lord William, 1767-1840 is the child of Russell, Francis, 1739-1767

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        Russell, Francis, 5th Duke of Bedford, 1765-1802 (1765-1802)

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        GB-2014-WSA-01217

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        family

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        Russell, Francis, 5th Duke of Bedford, 1765-1802 is the child of Russell, Francis, 1739-1767

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        Gower, John Leveson, 1694-1754 (1694-1754)

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        GB-2014-WSA-08079

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        Gower, John Leveson, 1694-1754 is the grandparent of Russell, Francis, 1739-1767

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        Keppel, George, 1724-1772 (1724-1772)

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        GB-2014-WSA-10423

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        family

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        Keppel, George, 1724-1772 is the brother in law of Russell, Francis, 1739-1767

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        GB-2014-WSA-15067

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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