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Russell, Lord George William, 1790-1846
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1790-1846
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RUSSELL, LORD GEORGE WILLIAM, second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife; b. 8 May 1790; in school list 1803; Cornet, 23rd Light Dragoons 5 Feb 1806; Lieut., 1st Dragoons 11 Sep 1806; Capt., Canadian Fencibles 25 Mar 1808; 82nd Foot, 21 Apr 1808; 23rd Light Dragoons 18 May 1808; Maj., 102nd Foot 4 Feb 1813; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 12 Apr 1814; Maj., half-pay 7 Sep 1815; Lieut. -Col., 8th Light Dragoons 28 Oct 1824; unattached, half-pay 21 Nov 1828; 90th Foot, 23 Apr 1829; unattached, half-pay 17 May 1831; Col. in Army and ADC to King William IV 23 Jul 1830; Major-Gen., 23 Nov 1841; took part in expedition to Copenhagen and served in Peninsular War, wounded at battle of Talavera; MP Bedford 1812-30; attached to Sir Robert Adair (qv)’s mission to Brussels Aug 1831 – Mar 1832; on special mission to Portugal May 1832, with local rank of Brig. -Gen. 27 May 1832; Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon 7 Aug 1833 – Mar 1834; Minister Plenipotentiary at Württemberg Nov 1834 – Nov 1835; Ambassador at Berlin 24 Nov 1835 – Nov 1841; GCB 19 Jul 1838; m. 21 Jun 1817 Elizabeth Anne, only child of Hon. John Theophilus Rawdon MP; d. at Genoa 16 Jul 1846. DNB.
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GB 2014
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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.