Catalogue description The Russell Collection

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Title: The Russell Collection
Description:

Papers of the Dukes of Bedford comprising:

 

Correspondence of the Russell family and the Bedford estate

 

Correspondence of the Duke of Bedford's Steward

 

Maps and Plans

 

Administration and Finance

 

Papers of the Bedford Estate

 

Papers of other Russell Estates
Date: 1199-1948
Held by: Bedfordshire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Trustees of the Bedford Settled Estates
Physical description: 82 series
Restrictions on use:

COPYING OF RUSSELL DOCUMENTS FOR SALE

 

Microfilming to be preceeded by the notice:

 

Copyright Trustees of the Bedford Settled Estates

 

Other copying to be stamped on the reverse with a rubber stamp bearing the same lettering.

 

N.B. Any use of Russell documents for publication:

 

The text must be submitted to the Trustees for approval before publication

 

and students should write to:

 

Mrs. Ann Mitchell

 

Archivist

 

Woburn Abbey

 

Bedfordshire

 

MK43 0TP

 

Tel: 01525-290666
Subjects:
  • Russell family, Dukes of Bedford
Administrative / biographical background:

A list of the Earls of Bedford (1550-1694) and of the Dukes of Bedford (1694-1953)

 

EARLS OF BEDFORD

 

1. John, b. c. 1485, d. 1555.

 

2. Fra., b. 1527, d. 1585.

 

3. Edward, b. 1572, d. 1627.

 

4. Fra., b. 1593, d. 1641.

 

5. William, b. 1616, d. 1700.

 

COUNTESSES

 

Anne, née Sapcote, wid. of Broughton & Jerningham, d. 1559

 

Margt., née St. John, wid. of Gostwick, d. 1562

 

Bridget, née Hussey, wid. of Manners & Morrison, d. 1601.

 

Lucy Harington, d. 1627.

 

Cath. Brydges, d. 1657.

 

Anne Carr, d. 1684. DUKES 1. William, cr. 1694, d. 1700.

 

2. Wriothesley, b. 1680, d. 1711

 

3. Wriothesley, b. 1708, d. 1732

 

4. John, b. 1710, d. 1771.

 

5. Fra., b. 1765, d. 1802.

 

6. John, b. 1766, d. 1839.

 

7. Fra., b. 1788, d. 1861.

 

8. William, b. 1809, d. 1872.

 

9. Hastings, b. 1819, d. 1891.

 

10. George William Fra.Sackville, b.1852, d. 1893.

 

11. Herbrand, b. 1858, d.1940.

 

12. Hastings, b. 1888, d. 1953.

 

13. John Robt., b. 1917.

 

DUCHESSES

 

Eliz. Howland, d.1724.

 

Anne Egerton, d. 1762.

 

Diana Spencer, d. 1735 Gertrude Leveson-Gower, d. 1794.

 

Georgiana Byng, d. 1801.

 

Georgiana Gordon, d. 1853.

 

Anna Maria Stanhope, d. 1857.

 

Eliz. Sackville-West, d. 1897.

 

Adeline Somers-Cocks, d.

 

Mary Tribe, d. 1937.

 

Louisa Jowitt, d. 1960.

 

Clare, née Bridgman, wid. of Holloway; [Hen.Rob.Ian; Rudolf]; Lydia, dau. of Lord Churston, wid. of Lyle; [Fra.Hastings]; Nicole, née Schneider, formerly w. of Milinaire.
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