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  John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the second son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey, was born on 30 September 1710.
Bedford was hostile to John Wilkes, and narrowly escaped from a mob favourable to the agitator at Honiton in July 1769.
The duke held many public offices: lord-lieutenant of Bedfordshire and Devon, and chancellor of Dublin University among others, and was a knight of the garter.
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 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russell's premiership was frustrating, and, due to party disunity and his own ineffectual leadership, he was unable to get many of the measures he was interested in passed.
Russell served again as Leader of the House of Commons, and together with Palmerston was instrumental in getting Britain involved in the Crimean War, against the wishes of the cautious, Russophile Aberdeen.
Russell was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Amberley, of Amberley in the County of Gloucester and of Ardsalla in the County of Meath, and Earl Russell, of Kingston Russell in the County of Dorset, in 1861.
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 Encyclopedia: John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (April 22, 1690 - January 22, 1763), English statesman, commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was the son of George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1667 - 1695), by his marriage with Grace Granville (September 3, 1654 - October 18, 1744), daughter of Sir John Granville...
Bedford is the county town of the English county of Bedfordshire.
The Fourth Duke of Marlborough, painted by Joshua Reynolds George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (January 26, 1739) - (January 29, 1817) was a British nobleman.
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 Russell. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Francis Russell, 4th earl of Bedford, 1593–1641, was the most important opponent of Charles I in the House of Lords and was the brightest hope for reconciliation between king and Parliament when he suddenly died in 1641.
by John of Lancaster, brother of King Henry V. John Russell, 4th duke of Bedford, 1710–71, was one of the politicians who attacked Robert Walpole and served in the cabinets of Henry Pelham, duke of Newcastle, Lord Bute, and George Grenville.
Francis Russell, 5th duke of Bedford, 1765–1802, was a follower of Charles James Fox and one of the friends of the prince of Wales (later George IV).
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 RIGBY - LoveToKnow Article on RIGBY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He is chiefly known to fame through his connection with John Russell, 4th duke of Bedford, and the Bloomsbury gang, his audacity earning for him the title of the brazen boatswain of the crew.
In 1758 he became secretary to Bedford, who was lord lieutenant of Ireland, and in the following year he was given the sinecure office of master of the rolls for Ireland.
Following the political fortunes of the duke he became vicetreasurer of Ireland in 1765, and in 1768 he obtained the lucrative position of paymaster-generalof the forces.
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 John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (6 July 1766 - 20 October 1839) was a younger son of the Marquess of Tavistock (eldest son and heir of the 4th Duke of Bedford who had died during the lifetime of his father).
Lord John Russell married relatively young, to the Honourable Georgiana Byng, a daughter of the 4th Viscount Torrington.
The 6th Duke's second son Lord John Russell, later the 1st Earl Russell, a 19th century prime minister, is probably his most distinguished descendant, along with the latters' grandson the philosopher Bertrand Russell (the 3rd Earl Russell).
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 AIM25: British Library of Political and Economic Science: Bedford Household Accounts
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, c1486-1555, was Lord High Steward and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal under Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, 1593-1641, was an opponent of Charles I in the House of Lords.
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, 1710-1771, served in the cabinets of Henry Pelham, 4th Duke of Newcastle, 1696-1754, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1713-1792, and George Grenville, 1712-1770.
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 Russell on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Francis Russell, 4th earl of Bedford, 1593-1641, was the most important opponent of Charles I in the House of Lords and was the brightest hope for reconciliation between king and Parliament when he suddenly died in 1641.
by John of Lancaster, brother of King Henry V. John Russell, 4th duke of Bedford, 1710-71, was one of the politicians who attacked Robert Walpole and served in the cabinets of Henry Pelham, duke of Newcastle, Lord Bute, and George Grenville.
Francis Russell, 5th duke of Bedford, 1765-1802, was a follower of Charles James Fox and one of the friends of the prince of Wales (later George IV).
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 Bedfordshire, EnglandGenWeb Project
The 13th Duke of Bedford, succeeding to the title and to severe death duties (inheritance taxes) in 1953, determined to realise to the full the potential earning power of a "stately home" and opened it as a paying tourist attraction.
In 1694, expressly in recognition of the family's sacrifice in the cause of the Protestant succession, William III raised Lord Russell's father to be Duke of Bedford and Marquess of Tavistock.
The 4th Duke negotiated the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and in the nineteenth century several members of the family entered the diplomatic service and the army.
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 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was elected MP for Derbyshire in 1741 and 1747, but left the House of Commons for the Lords in 1751 by a writ of acceleration as Baron Cavendish of Hardwick.
He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 2 April 1755 until 3 January 1757, when his successor John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford entered the office.
The Duke employed Capability Brown to landscape the garden and park at Chatsworth House, his main residence.
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 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
96 (inv 1399) Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Gloucester.
Afterwards Duke of Edinburgh, reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1893.
Daughter of John (Beaufort), Duke of Somerset, K.G. Married Edmund (Tudor), Earl of Richmond, and was mother of Henry VII.
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 Bedford On Destination: Nova Scotia
Bedford is located at 44°43'55"N, 63°39'24"W in the Bedford/Sackville region of the Halifax / Dartmouth Trail, Halifax county.
Bedford also boasts hundreds of acres of protected parkland with walking and ski trials and Papermill Lake all within the community.
Then the highway, the basin and the village at the head of the Bedford Basin took on the name of Bedford in the honour of John Russell, the 4th Duke of Bedford and Secretary of State for the colonies in 1749.
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 Worldroots.com
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, son of Wriothesley
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury and Hon.
Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and Charlotte Elizabeth
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10237
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond was the son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Anne Brudenell.
Sir John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford was the son of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock and Lady Elizabeth Keppel.
She married Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, son of Lt.-Gen. Sir John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford and Hon.
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 Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 Admiralty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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John Perceval, Earl of Egmont 1763 - 1766
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1017
She married Sir Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, son of William Russell, Lord Russell and Lady Rachel Wriothesley, on 23 May 1695 at chapel of the Manor House, Streatham, Surrey, England, both under-age, and with her worth 'the best part of £100,000.
Sir William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford was the son of Sir Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford and Catharine Brydges.
Sir Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort was the son of Sir Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower.
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 Lord Privy Seal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John Hales, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1470-1471)
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1702-1705)
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1771-1775)
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 Secretary of State for the Southern Department - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury: 27 April 1695 - 12 December 1698
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford: 12 February 1748 - 13 June 1751
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford: 19 December 1770 - 9 November 1775
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 FIRST GENERATION
In 1603 he was created Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, and in 1613 on his death, he was buried in Thornhaugh church where a magnificent monument was erected.
John Browe, of Wodehede, stepfather of petitioner's wife Elizabeth Semarke, and William Aldwyncle, esq.: Execution of marriage covenants, concerning lands, andc.
John Browe, esq., of Wodehed; the sheriffs of Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton, and William Aldewyncle, esq.: Comments made upon the marriage of petitioner with Elizabeth Semarke, daughter of the said John's wife, concerning lands in Stibbington?
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 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was elected Member of ParliamentMP for Derbyshire in 1741 and 1747, but left the British House of CommonsHouse of Commons for the House of LordsLords in 1751 by a writ of acceleration as Baron Cavendish of Hardwick.
He married Lady Charlotte Boyle (1731 - 1754), the daughter and heiress of Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Cork and 3rd Earl of Burlington, a famous architect and art collector.
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 Grandfather
John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 - February 23, 1848) was the sixth (1825-1829) President of the United States.
John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, (in a part of town which is now Quincy, Massachusetts), and acquired his early education in Europe at the University of Leiden.
The duke held many public offices: lord-lieutenant of Bedfordshireshire and Devonshire, and chancellor of Dublin University among others, and was a knight of the garter.
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 Bedford, John Plantagenet, duke of --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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He became known as the “good Duke Humphrey,” but many historians, pointing to his unprincipled and inept political dealings, have questioned the appropriateness of the title.
He was the younger son of Richard, duke of York (died 1460), whose struggle to gain power precipitated the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of York and Lancaster.
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 I27146: John Russell 4th Duke Of Bedford, K.G. (30 SEP 1710 - 15 JAN 1771)
I27146: John Russell 4th Duke Of Bedford, K.G. Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Of Bedford, K.G. Elizabeth Howland
Descendants of John Russell 4th Duke Of Bedford, K.G. and Lady Gertrude Gower
1 Francis Russell Marquess Of Tavistock = Elizabeth Keppell
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 keri russell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Keri Russell Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress and dancer, best known for her title role as Felicity Porter on the television series Felicity.
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710-1771), second son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey, was born on 30 September 1710.
Russell Robinson J. Russell Robinson (1892 - 1963) was a United States ragtime and jazz pianist and a composer of popular tunes.
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 Bedford, John Robert Russell, 13th duke of --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Faced with paying heavy death duties on his father's estate, including Woburn Abbey, the 13th duke developed to the full the commercial possibilities inherent in opening a “stately home” to the public.
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Insightful, satirical commentary won Russell Baker a wide readership and several journalism prizes, yet Baker's story of his own life struck many readers as melancholy and self-critical.
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 Berkshire History: Biographies: George Spencer-Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840)
As the eldest son of George Spencer, the 4th Duke of Marlborough, and Caroline the daughter of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, George Junior was given the title of Marquis of Blandford from birth.
In 1817, the authoress, Mary Russell Mitford, wrote of her visit to the grounds that "there is a certain wood at Whiteknights, shut in with great boarded gates, which nobody is allowed to enter.
Estranged from his wife, the impoverished Duke was obliged to retire Blenheim Palace, where he lived the last years of his life with mistress, Lady Mary Anne Sturt, with whom a had six children.
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