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Families covered: Russell of Bedford
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (b 08.1610, d 07.09.1700) | |||||||||||||||
m. (11.07.1637) Anne Carr (b 09.12.1615, d 10.05.1684, dau of Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Francis, Lord Russell (b 1638, dvp unm bur 21.01.1678-9) | ||||||||||||||
2. | William, Lord Russell (b 29.09.1639, dvp 21.07.1683) | ||||||||||||||
m. (31.07.1669) Rachel Wriothesley (b c1636, d 29.09.1723, dau of Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford (b 01.11.1680, d 26.05.1711) | ||||||||||||||
m. (23.05.1695) Elizabeth Howland (d 29.07.1724, dau/heir of John Howland of Streatham) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford (b 25.05.1708, dsp 23.10.1732) | ||||||||||||||
m. (22.04.1725) Anne Egerton (d 16.06.1762/15.04.1763, dau of Scroope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater) | |||||||||||||||
ii. | John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (b 30.09.1710, d 15.01.1771) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (11.10.1731) Diana Spencer (b 1710, d 27.09.1735, dau of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland) | |||||||||||||||
a. | John Russell (b/d 06.11.1732) | ||||||||||||||
m2. (02.04.1737) Gertrude Leveson-Gower (b 15.02.1714-5, d 01.07.1794, dau of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower) | |||||||||||||||
b. | Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (b 27.09.1739, dvp 22.03.1767) | ||||||||||||||
m. (08.06.1764) Elizabeth Keppel (d 02.11.1768, dau of William Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (b 23.07.1765, d unm 02.03.1802) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (06.07.1766, d 20.10.1839) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (21.03.1786) Georgiana Elizabeth Byng (d 11.10.1801, dau of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford (b 13.05.1788, d 14.05.1861) | ||||||||||||||
m. (08.08.1808) Anna Maria Stanhope (d 03.07.1857, dau of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Francis Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (b 01.07.1809, d unm 26.05.1872) | ||||||||||||||
(B) | George William Russell (b 08.05.1790, d 16.07.1846, Maj. General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (21.06.1817) Elizabeth Anne Rawdon (d 10.08.1874, dau of John Theophilus Rawdon) | |||||||||||||||
Their eldest son became the 9th Duke of Bedford. | |||||||||||||||
(C) | John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (b 18.08.1792, d 28.05.1878, Prime Minister) had issue§E | ||||||||||||||
m1. (11.04.1835) Adelaide Lister (d 01.11.1838, dau of Thomas Lister of Armitage Park) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (20.07.1841) Frances Anna Maria Elliot (d 17.01.1898, dau of Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (23.06.1803) Georgina Gordon (b 18.07.1781, d 24.02.1853, dau of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon) | |||||||||||||||
(D) | Wriothesley Russell (b 11.05.1804, d 06.04.1886, canon of Windsor) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (23.06.1829) Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell (d 05.05.1886, dau of William Russell) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
(E) | Edward Russell (b 24.04.1805, dsp 21.05.1887) | ||||||||||||||
m. (08.02.1860) Mary Ann Taylor (d 16.10.1874, dau of Aaron Taylor of Kensington) | |||||||||||||||
(F) | Charles James Fox Russell (b 10.02.1807, d 29.06.1894, Lt. Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (02.04.1834) Isabella Clarissa Davies (d 19.06.1884, dau of William Davies of Penylan) | |||||||||||||||
(G) | Francis John Russell (b 23.10.1808, dsp 28.01.1869, Captain RN) | ||||||||||||||
m. (13.04.1844) Elizabeth Peyton (d 02.02.1888, dau of Rev. Algernon Peyton) | |||||||||||||||
(H) | Henry Russell (b 17.02.1816, d 02.05.1842, Captain RN) | ||||||||||||||
m. (21.09.1841) Henrietta Maria Stopford (d 04.02.1869, dau of Admiral Hon Sir Robert Stopford) | |||||||||||||||
(I) | Cosmo George Russell (b 02.07.1817, d 18.12.1875, Major) | ||||||||||||||
m. (21.10.1851) Annie Norbury (d 18.04.1886, dau of John George Norbury) | |||||||||||||||
(J) | Alexander George Russell (b 16.12.1821, d 10.01.1907, General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.07.1844) Anne Emily Worsley-Holmes (d 16.10.1906, dau of Sir Leonard Worsley-Holmes, 9th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
(K) | Georgiana Elizabeth Russell (d 22.03.1867) | ||||||||||||||
m. (13.01.1842) Charles Romilly (d 28.08.1887) | |||||||||||||||
(L) | Louisa Jane Russell (b 08.07.1812, d 31.03.1905)§R§ | ||||||||||||||
m. (25.10.1832) James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (d 31.10.1885) | |||||||||||||||
(M) | Rachel Evelyn Russell (d 21.02.1898) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.04.1856) Lord James Wandesforde Butler (d 13.12.1893) | |||||||||||||||
(3) | William Russell (b 20.08.1767, d 06.05.1840) | ||||||||||||||
m. (11.07.1789) Charlotte Anne Villiers (d 31.08.1808, dau of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Francis Russell (b 07.03.1793, d unm 24.11.1832, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
(B) | George Russell (b 07.04.1795, d 15.09.1825) | ||||||||||||||
(C) | John Russell (b 10.07.1796, d 27.04.1835, Commander RN) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (21.08.1822) Sophia Coussmaker, Baroness de Clifford (d 03.01.1874) | |||||||||||||||
Ancestors of extant Barons De Clifford. | |||||||||||||||
(D) | William Russell (b 15.07.1800, d 05.09.1884) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (17.05.1828) Emma Campbell (d 14.01.1886, dau of John Campbell of Schawfield) | |||||||||||||||
(E) | Gertrude Frances Russell (d 23.01.1841) | ||||||||||||||
m. (15.05.1816) Hon. Henry Grey Bennet (d 29.05.1836, of Tankerville family) | |||||||||||||||
(F) | Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell (d 05.05.1886) | ||||||||||||||
m. (23.06.1829) Wriothesley Russell (b 11.05.1804, d 06.04.1886, canon of Windsor) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
c. | Caroline Russell (d 26.11.1811) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1762) George Spencer-Churchill, 4th Duke of Marlborough (b 26.01.1739, d 30.01.1817) | |||||||||||||||
iii. | Rachel Russell (d 22.05.1777) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (04.08.1722) Scroope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater (b 11.08.1681, d 11.01.1745) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Sir Richard Lyttleton (dsp 01.10.1770) | |||||||||||||||
iv. | Elizabeth Russell (d 08.06.1784) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.02.1726) William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex (b 1697, d 08.01.1743) | |||||||||||||||
B. | Rachel Russell (d 28.12.1725) | ||||||||||||||
m. (21.06.1688) William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (b 1672, d 04.06.1729) | |||||||||||||||
C. | Catherine Russell (d 31.10.1711) | ||||||||||||||
m. (17/23.08.1693) John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland (b 18.09.1676, d 22.02.1721) | |||||||||||||||
3. | James Russell (b c1648, dspm 22.06.1712) | ||||||||||||||
TCB (vol 3, Trott or Ttrot of Laverstoke) identifies James as the 6th son , 'of Maidwell', and first married to ... | |||||||||||||||
m1. (c07.1682) Elizabeth Wright (b c1621, d before 08.1698, dau of Sir Edward Wright of Swakeleys, Lord Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Elizabeth Lloyd (d 01.12.1736) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Tryphena Russell (a 1737) | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Scawen of Maidwell (d 1774) | |||||||||||||||
4. | Diana Russell (b 09.04.1652, d 13.12.1701, 2nd dau) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (29.08.1667) Greville Verney, de jure 9th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 26.01.1648/9, d 23.07.1668) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (15.07.1675) William Alington, 3rd Lord of Killard, 1st Lord of Wymondley (d 01.02.1684/5) | |||||||||||||||
5. | Margaret Russell (bur 09.01.1701-2, 3rd daughter) | ||||||||||||||
m. (22.11.1691) Edward Russell, Earl of Orford (dsp 26.11.1727) | |||||||||||||||
6.+ | 4 sons and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Bedford)
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