John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
Sir George Hayter in 1835 | |
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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
In office 12 March 1806 – 11 April 1807 | |
Monarch | George III |
Prime Minister | The Lord Grenville |
Preceded by | The Earl of Powis |
Succeeded by | The Duke of Richmond |
Member of Parliament for Tavistock | |
In office 1790–1802 | |
Succeeded by | Lord Robert Spencer |
In office 1788–1790 | |
Preceded by | Richard Rigby |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 July 1766 Woburn Abbey, Woburn, Bedfordshire, England |
Died | 20 October 1839 | (aged 73)
Spouse(s) | Hon. Georgiana Byng Lady Georgiana Gordon |
Children | 14, including: Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford Major-General Lord George William Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Lord Wriothesley Russell Lord Edward Russell Lord Charles James Fox Russell Louisa Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn Lord Alexander Russell |
Parent(s) | Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock Lady Elizabeth Keppel |
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford,
Background
Bedford was a younger son of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, eldest son and heir of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. His mother was Lady Elizabeth, the youngest child of Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle and Lady Anne Lennox.[2]
Political career
Like most Russells, Bedford was a
Family
Bedford married firstly the Hon. Georgiana Byng, daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington, in 1786. The marriage lasted 15 years and they had three sons:
- Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford
- Lord George William Russell
- Lord John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and grandfather of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
After Georgiana's early death in October 1801, Bedford married secondly Lady Georgiana, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, in 1803.[3] They had ten children, including:
- Reverend Lord Wriothesley Russell (11 May 1804 – 6 April 1886), married Elizabeth Russell, his first cousin, and had issue
- Admiral Lord Edward Russell (24 April 1805 – 21 May 1887), married Mary Ann Taylor and died without issue
- Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Charles James Fox Russell (10 February 1807 – 29 June 1894), married Isabella Davies and had issue
- Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Russell (23 June 1810 – 22 March 1867), married Charles Romilly and had issue
- Lady Louisa Jane Russell (8 July 1812 – 31 March 1905), married James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercornand had issue.
- Lord Cosmo Russell (1817–1875)
- General Lord Alexander Russell (16 September 1821 – 10 January 1907), married Anne Holmes and had issue
- Lady Rachel Evelyn Russell (1826 – 21 February 1898), married Lord James Butler and had issue.
The Duchess of Bedford was a great patroness of the arts, and had a longstanding relationship with the painter Sir Edwin Landseer, a man twenty years her junior. The Bedfords' marriage was nevertheless considered to be a very happy one.[5]
Bedford Lodge
In 1823 the 6th Duke of Bedford was looking for a house in London and took the lease of one of the seven houses designed and built by
Footnotes and references
Notes
- ^ which had not seen any professedly Tory MPs since at least 1660
Citations
- ^ "RUSSELL, Lord John (1766-1839)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Russell was born on 20 September 1766. However, the following entry in the parish registers of St Giles in the Fields, "John Russell of Francis & Elizabeth marquis & marchioness of Tavistock", dated 2 August 1766 for his baptism, would put his birth earlier.
- ^ Biographical details: Georgiana, Duchess of Bedford, BritishMuseum.org; accessed 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A. (London 1802-1873)". christies.com.
- ISBN 0-7472-5503-2
- ^ "The Phillimore estate | British History Online". british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. J.Russell.