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    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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    needed] Marlborough married Lady Caroline Russell (1743–1811), daughter of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, in 1762, by whom he had eight children: Lady...
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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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    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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