Lord George Russell
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Major-General Lord George William Russell (8 May 1790 – 16 July 1846) was a British
soldier, politician and diplomat.
The second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
and brother of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Lord Russell
, he sat as Member of Parliament
(MP) for Bedford
from 1812 until 1830.
Russell married Elizabeth Anne Rawdon and the couple parented Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford
, Lord Arthur John Edward Russell
and Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill
.
United Kingdom
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soldier, politician and diplomat.
The second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, LLD, FSA , known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician and notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents...
and brother of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
Lord Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....
, he sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Bedford
Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)
Bedford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The seat was established in its current form in 1997, restoring a centuries old name. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election...
from 1812 until 1830.
Russell married Elizabeth Anne Rawdon and the couple parented Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford
Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford
Francis Charles Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford KG was an English politician and agriculturalist.-Life:...
, Lord Arthur John Edward Russell
Lord Arthur John Edward Russell
Lord Arthur John Edward Russell was a British politician.He was the second son of Major-General Lord George William Russell and Elizabeth Anne Rawdon, daughter of the Hon. John Theophilus Rawdon, himself second son of the 1st Earl of Moira, as well as younger brother to the 9th Duke of Bedford and...
and Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill
Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill
Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill GCB GCMG PC , known as Lord Odo Russell between 1872 and 1881, was a British diplomat and ambassador and the first British ambassador to the German Empire. He was born in Florence in 1829 into the Russell family, one of England's leading Whig/liberal...
.