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Hace 4 días · The first Duke died in 1700 and was succeeded by his grandson, Lord Russell's son, Wriothesley, who died in 1711 and was followed by his son, another Wriothesley. The third Duke died without issue in 1732, and his brother, John, became the fourth holder of the title.
Hace 4 días · His daughter and heir Elizabeth married in 1695 Wriothesley Russell, duke of Bedford (d. 1711), and retained Dry Drayton as dowager duchess until her death in 1724. It was then assigned to her younger son John Russell, who succeeded as 4th duke in 1732 and died in 1771.
Hace 5 días · Three years later he conveyed it to Wriothesley Duke of Bedford for £3,901 6s. 6d., with whose direct descendants the manors of Eversholt and Wakes have since remained, both now belonging to the present Duke of Bedford.
Hace 5 días · The third son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, Russell was educated at Westminster School and Edinburgh University before entering Parliament in 1813. In 1828 he took a leading role in the repeal of the Test Acts which discriminated against Catholics and Protestant dissenters.
Hace 3 días · Russell was the third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. (As the younger son of a peer, he was known for most of his life as Lord John Russell; he himself was created earl in 1861.) He thus came of a family that had long demonstrated its public spirit. The depth of his liberalism probably owed much to an untypical education.
- David Spring
Hace 3 días · 1st Duke of Bedford: Thomas Howard 1473–1554 3rd Duke of Norfolk: Anne of York 1475–1511 Lady Howard: Bridget of York 1480–1517: Catherine of York 1479–1527: William Courtenay 1475–1511 1st Earl of Devon: House of Tudor: Sir Richard Pole supporter and first cousin of King Henry VII 1462–1504 Margaret Plantagenet 1473–1541 Countess ...
Hace 5 días · Wikipedia has a page about Bedford Basin. Bedford Basin is a large enclosed bay, forming the northwestern end of Halifax Harbour on Canada's Atlantic coast. It is named in honour of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford.
