George Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:33, 2 September 2006

Latest revision as of 14:21, 2 April 2025

(87 intermediate revisions by 57 users not shown)

Line 1:

{{Short description|British peer and politician}}

'''George William Francis Sackville Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford''' [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] ([[April 16]], [[1852]] – [[March 23]], [[1893]]) was the son of [[Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford]].

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox peer

|honorific-prefix = [[His Grace]]

|name = The Duke of Bedford

|honorific-suffix = [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]]

|image = Russell arms.svg

|image_size = 100px

|caption = ''Arms of the Duke of Bedford''

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1852|4|16|df=y}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|1893|3|23|1852|4|16|df=y}}

|parents = [[Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford]]<br />[[Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford|Elizabeth Sackville-West]]

|spouse = [[Adeline Russell|Dame Adeline Russell, GBE]]

|issue =

|tenure = 14 January 1891 – 23 March 1893

|other_titles = 10th Marquess of Tavistock<br />14th Earl of Bedford<br />14th Baron Russell<br />12th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh<br />10th Baron Howland

|title = [[Duke of Bedford]]

|successor = [[Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford]]

}}

'''George William Francis Sackville Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford''' [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] ([[April 16]], [[April 1852]] &ndash; [[March– 23]], [[March 1893]]) was a British peer and politician. He was the son of [[Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford]] and [[Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford|Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West]].

Russell graduated from [[Balliol College, Oxford]] in 1874 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (B.A.) and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]], as a [[barrister]].

On 24 October 1876, he married [[Adeline Russell|Lady Adeline Marie Somers]], daughter of [[Charles Somers, 3rd Earl Somers]]. They had no children, but it is known that he had at least two illegitimate children. He had an [[Anglo-Indian]] daughter, who lived with the pair until her father died and was then sent to live with her uncle, Herbrand Russell, and his family. She lived on the estate until she was married. The second child was a son with Florence Lane-Fox, daughter of Sackville Walter Lane-Fox.

He married Lady Adeline Marie Somers, daughter of [[Charles Somers, 3rd Earl Somers]], on [[October 24]], [[1876]].

HeRussell was M.P.a (Liberal [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedfordshire]] between 1875 and 1885, when the constituency was abolished. He was [[High Sheriff of Bedfordshire]] in 1889 and was later sometimea [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of Bedfordshirethe county.

In 1891, Russell inherited the title of [[Duke of Bedford]], together with [[Woburn Abbey]] and several other estates which went with it, including [[Chenies]], [[Buckinghamshire]], and the [[Bedford Estate]], a sizeable area of central [[London]] including [[Bedford Square]], [[Russell Square]], [[Bloomsbury Square]] and [[Covent Garden]].

In 1893, at the age of forty, he died of [[diabetes]], at number 37, Chesham Place, London, and was buried in the 'Bedford Chapel' at [[St Michael's, Chenies|St. Michael's Church]] at Chenies. His titles and estates were inherited by his younger brother [[Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford|Herbrand Russell]].

He was M.P. (Liberal) for [[Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedfordshire]] between 1875 and 1885, [[Sheriff of Bedfordshire]] in 1889 and was later sometime Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire.

== References ==

He died in 1893, aged 40, at #37 Chesham Place, London, from [[diabetes]], without issue.

{{Reflist}}

*{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}

*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

== External links ==

He was buried at [[Chenies]], [[Buckinghamshire]] and his titles passed to his brother, [[Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford|Herbrand Russell]].

* {{Hansard-contribs | marquess-of-tavistock | George Russell (Marquess of Tavistock) }}

{{s-start box}}

{{sS-par|uk}}

{{succession boxS-bef | titlebefore=[[Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Member for Bedfordshire]] <br/><small>with [[Richard Gilpin|Sir Richard Gilpin, 1st Bt.]] 1875&ndash;1880, <br>[[James Howard]] 1880&ndash;1885</small>| years=1875&ndash;1885 | before=[[Richard GilpinBaronet|Sir Richard Gilpin, 1st Bt.]]<br />[[Francis Bassett]] (MP)|Francis after=ConstituencyBassett]] abolished}}

{{s-reg|en}}ttl

| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedfordshire]]

{{succession box | before=[[Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford|Francis Russell]] | title=[[Duke of Bedford]] | after=[[Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford|Herbrand Russell]] | years=1891&ndash;1893}}

| with = [[Sir Richard Gilpin, 1st Baronet|Sir Richard Gilpin, Bt]] 1875–1880

{{end box}}

| with2 = [[James Howard (agriculturalist)|James Howard]] 1880–1885

| years = [[1875 Bedfordshire by-election|1875]]–[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]

}}

{{s-non | reason = Constituency abolished }}

{{S-reg|en}}

{{successionSuccession box | before=[[Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford|Francis Russell]] | title=[[Duke of Bedford]] | after=[[Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford|Herbrand Russell]] | years=1891&ndash;18931891–1893}}

{{s-end box}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category{{DEFAULTSORT:1852 births|Bedford, George Russell, 10th Duke of]]}}

[[Category:18931852 deaths|Bedford, George Russell, 10th Duke ofbirths]]

[[Category:1893 deaths]]

[[Category:Dukes in the Peerage of England|Bedford, George Russell, 10th Duke of]]

[[Category:MembersDeaths offrom diabetes in the United Kingdom Parliament from English constituencies|Tavistock, George Russell, Marquis of]]

[[Category:Deputy lieutenants of Bedfordshire]]

[[Category:Dukes of Bedford|410]]

[[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies|Tavistock, George Russell, Marquis of]]

[[Category:UK MPs 1874–1880]]

[[Category:UK MPs 1880–1885]]

[[Category:UK MPs who inherited peerages|Bedford, D10]]

[[Category:Russell family|G]]

[[Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]]

[[Category:High sheriffs of Bedfordshire]]