RUSSELL, Lord John I (1766-1839), of Woburn Abbey, Beds.

Family and Education

b. 6 July 1766, 2nd s. of Francis Russell, Mq. of Tavistock, o.s. of John, 4th Duke of Bedford, by Lady Elizabeth Van Keppel, da. of William Anne, 2nd Earl of Albemarle; bro. of Lord William Russell. educ. Loughborough House, Lambeth Wick;J. H. Adeane, Early Married Life of Lady Stanley, 3. Westminster 1776. m. (1) 21 Mar. 1786, Hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Byng (d. 11 Oct. 1801), da. of George, 4th Visct. Torrington, 3s.; (2) 23 June 1803, Lady Georgiana Gordon, da. of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon [S], 7s. 3da. suc. bro. Francis as 6th Duke of Bedford 2 Mar. 1802, KG 25 Nov. 1830.

Offices Held

Ensign, 3 Ft. Gds. 1783, ret. 1785; lt.-col. Beds. vols. 1803.

PC 12 Feb. 1806, ld. lt. [I] Mar. 1806-Apr. 1807.

Recorder, Bedford 1802 – d.

Parlimentarian

RUSSELL, Lord John (1766-1839).

Main residence: Woburn Abbey, Beds.

Author

P.A.S.

D.R.F.

Volume

Commons 1790-1820

Web Title

RUSSELL, John I (1766-1839)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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