Lord George Russell

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Major-General Lord George William Russell (8 May 1790 – 16 July 1846) was an English soldier, politician and diplomat; brother of Prime Minister Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell.

The second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, he married Elizabeth Anne Rawdon and the couple parented:

• Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford;
• Arthur Russell;
• Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill.

Preceded by Samuel Whitbread William Lee-Antonie

Member for Bedford with Samuel Whitbread 1812–1815, Hon. William Waldegrave 1815–1818, William Henry Whitbread 1818–1830 1812–1830

Succeeded by William Henry Whitbread Frederick Polhill

[edit] Bibliography

• Lloyd, E.M. & Seccombe, T. "Russell, Lord George William (1790–1846)", rev. James Falkner, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], <accessed 28 Feb 2006> (subscription required)