John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (30 September 1710 – 5 January 1771) was a British Whig statesman and peer who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland...
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Earl of Bedford (1616–1700), eldest son of the 4th Earl, was created Duke of Bedford in 1694 Francis Russell, Lord Russell (1638–1679), eldest son of the...
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John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (6 July 1766 – 20 October 1839), known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician who notably served...
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Lyttelton, KB. Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford (1708–1732) John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710–1771) Lady Elizabeth Russell (1704–1784), married...
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Lady Diana was married off to Lord John Russell, later 4th Duke of Bedford. The couple's only child was a son named John, whose preterm birth was induced...
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the 'Bedford Chapel' at St. Michael's Church, Chenies, Buckinghamshire, and his titles passed to his brother, John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. It has...
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Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford (19 February 1858 – 27 August 1940) was an English politician and peer. He was the son of Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford...
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Harbour on Canada's Atlantic coast. It is named in honour of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. Geographically, the basin is situated entirely within the Halifax...
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Caroline was born on 13 January 1743. She was the daughter of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, and his second wife, the former Gertrude Leveson-Gower....
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Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford (16 October 1819 – 14 January 1891) was an English politician and agriculturalist. Known as Hastings, the 9th Duke was...
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Bedfordite (redirect from Bedford Whigs)
The Bedford Whigs (or Bedfordites) were an 18th-century British political faction, led by John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. Other than Bedford himself...
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of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, and his first wife, the Hon. Georgiana Byng, second daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington. Russell was...
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until his death in 1767. Russell was born on 27 September 1739. He was the eldest son of the John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford and, his second wife, Lady...
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William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (August 1616 – 7 September 1700) was an English nobleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640...
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Russell, Duchess of Bedford (15 February 1715 – 1 July 1794), formerly the Hon. Gertrude Leveson-Gower, was the second wife of John Russell, 4th Duke...
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wife of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. Georgiana was born at Gordon Castle in Scotland, a younger daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon...
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Bedford was named in honour of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, Secretary of State for the colonies in 1749. The area of Bedford has evidence of Indigenous...
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Baron de Clifford (redirect from Baron of Westmoreland)
William Russell, third son of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, eldest son and heir of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. She was succeeded by her...
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(Henry) Robin Ian Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford DL (21 January 1940 – 13 June 2003) was a British peer, stockbroker and animal conservationist. He became...
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presenting him with a suit of armour. Like his friends John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford and George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, Sandwich was keen...
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September 1711 – 5 June 1740 vacant John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 21 May 1745 – 5 January 1771 John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory 6 February 1771...
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Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford PC (1587 – 9 May 1641) was an English nobleman and politician. He built the square of Covent Garden, with the piazza...
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fellow Governors as John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere of Hanworth, and Micajah Perry, a Lord Mayor of London. He was affectionately...
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vetoed by Robert Walpole and the king. Lady Diana soon married John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. Although in his youth he was a spendthrift and womaniser...
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noblewoman and artist Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (née Lady Diana Spencer, 1710–1735), wife of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford Lady Di (disambiguation)...
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County of Meath. A member of the prominent Russell family, he was the third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. The first Earl was succeeded by his grandson...
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John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford KG PC JP (c. 1485 – 14 March 1555) was an English royal minister in the Tudor era. He served variously as Lord High...
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was the eldest son of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, and Lady Caroline Russell, daughter of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. Francis Spencer...
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of William Russell, 5th Earl of Bedford, a peer and soldier during the English Civil War, who after her death was created Duke of Bedford. Her mother...
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