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Wriothesley Russell

Birth
England
Death
23 Oct 1732 (aged 24)
A Coruña, Provincia da La Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Burial
Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England Add to Map
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3rd Duke of Bedford
3rd Marquess of Tavistock
7th Earl of Bedford
8th Baron Russell
5th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh
3rd Baron Howland of Streatham

Eldest surviving son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, and Elizabeth Howland. Paternal grandson of Rt. Hon. William Russell, Lord Russell, and Lady Rachel Wriothesley. Maternal grandson of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey, and Elizabeth Child.

Wriothesley married his sister's stepdaughter, Lady Anne Egerton, daughter of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgwater, on 22 April 1725.

He died in 1732, aged 24 at Corunna, Spain, without issue. He was buried on 14 December 1732 in the Bedford Chapel at the parish Church of St. Michael, Chenies.

His titles passed to his brother, John Russell, and his widow remarried to the 3rd Earl of Jersey in 1733. She died in 1762.
3rd Duke of Bedford
3rd Marquess of Tavistock
7th Earl of Bedford
8th Baron Russell
5th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh
3rd Baron Howland of Streatham

Eldest surviving son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, and Elizabeth Howland. Paternal grandson of Rt. Hon. William Russell, Lord Russell, and Lady Rachel Wriothesley. Maternal grandson of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey, and Elizabeth Child.

Wriothesley married his sister's stepdaughter, Lady Anne Egerton, daughter of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgwater, on 22 April 1725.

He died in 1732, aged 24 at Corunna, Spain, without issue. He was buried on 14 December 1732 in the Bedford Chapel at the parish Church of St. Michael, Chenies.

His titles passed to his brother, John Russell, and his widow remarried to the 3rd Earl of Jersey in 1733. She died in 1762.


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