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Russell, John, 1766-1839
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1766-1839
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RUSSELL, JOHN, 6TH DUKE OF BEDFORD, son of Francis Russell, Marquis of Tavistock (qv); b. 6 Jul 1766; adm. 21 Oct 1776; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 7 Mar 1783; retd. 6 Apr 1785; MP Tavistock 24 Apr 1788-90, 27 Dec 1790 – 2 Mar 1802; succ. brother as 6th Duke of Bedford 2 Mar 1802; took seat, House of Lords 9 Dec 1802; Privy Councillor 12 Feb 1806; Lord Lieut., Ireland 12 Feb 1806 – 19 Apr 1807; KG 25 Nov 1830; supporter of Whig Party both as MP and as peer; rebuilt Covent Garden market 1830; supporter of art, agriculture and natural history; member, Society of Dilettanti 1819; FSA by 1831; Busby Trustee 8 May 1806; m. 1st, 21 Mar 1786 Hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Byng, second dau. of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (qv); m. 2nd, 23 Jun 1803 Lady Georgiana Gordon, fifth dau. of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon; d. 20 Oct 1839. DNB.
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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.