Georgiana Russell, Duchess of Bedford, formerly Lady Georgiana Gordon, was a British aristocrat, patron of the arts and wife of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford.
Stipple engraving, 1806
Lady Godina's rout; - or - Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan, by James Gillray, 1796. She holds the ♦9, a powerful card in the game, the so-called Curse of Scotland.
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician who notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was the
Georgiana Russell, Duchess of Bedford
…of Bedford (née Gordon; 18 July 1781 – 24 February 1853), formerly Lady Georgiana Gordon, was a British aristocrat, patron of the arts and wife of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. Georgiana was born at Gordon Castle in Scotland, a younger daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, and his first wife, Jane. In 1802, after…
Portrait of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford by Sir George Hayter in 1835
Study of Rachel Russell. Unsubstantiated gossip said that Rachel was the daughter of Edwin Landseer. (Edwin Henry Landseer, 1835)