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It was partly because of his son’s fame as patriot-martyr that the 5th earl was granted a dukedom in 1694. He was succeeded by his grandson Wriothesley Russell (1680–1711), 2nd duke, who was succeeded by his son Wriothesley Russell, (1708–32), 3rd duke. This article was most recently revised and updated by
William Russell, Lord Russell taking leave of Lady Russell & Children on the day of his Execution. by Charles Knight, published by J. Deeley, after Thomas Stothard. hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1 March 1809. NPG D39936. Find out more >. Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card. Use this image. Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford.
Bedford (right), with George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol in a 1637 painting by Anthony van Dyck. He was the son of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford and his wife Catherine, the daughter and coheir of Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos. Russell was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and then, in 1635 went to Madrid where he hoped to learn ...
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He was the fourth son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey.Known as Lord John Russell, he married in October 1731 Diana Spencer, daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland; became Duke of Bedford on his brother's death a year later.
Born on the 25th May 1708, Wriothesley Russell was the eldest surviving son of another Wriothesley Russell and Elizabeth Howland, being baptised at Streatham on the 15th June 1708. His father the 2nd Duke of Bedford died from smallpox on the 26th May 1711 at the age of only thirty, at which point the three year old Wriothesley succeeded to the dukedom as well as to the considerable wealth of ...
Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG (1 November 1680 – 26 May 1711) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of William Russell, Lord Russell, and his wife Lady Rachel Wriothesley. From 1683 until 1694, he was styled Lord Russell, and from 1695 until his accession in 1700, Marquess of Tavistock. Russell married the rich heiress Elizabeth Howland, daughter of John ...
