William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford was an English nobleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage as 5th Earl of Bedford and removed to the
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Bedford (right), with George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol in a 1637 painting by Anthony van Dyck.
Portrait by Peter Lely
Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG was an English nobleman and Tory politician. He was the son of William Russell, Lord Russell, and his wife Lady Rachel Wriothesley. From 1683 until 1694, he
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford
…Duke of Bedford and Marquess of Tavistock on 11 May 1694. He was created Baron Howland of Streatham on 13 June 1695, with remainder to his grandson, Wriothesley Russell. Bedford died on 7 September 1700 at age 84 at Bedford House, London and was buried on 17 September in the 'Bedford Chapel' at St. Michael's Church at…
Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford