Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford
- Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford
Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford KG PC MA (May 13 1788–May 14 1861) was the son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford.
Bedford was educated at Westminster School and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1808, with a Master of Arts (M.A.).
He married the Hon. Anna Maria Stanhope, daughter of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, on 8 August 1808. They had one child:
*William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (1809–1872)
He was M.P. (Whig) for Peterborough between 1809 and 1812, M.P. (Whig) for Bedfordshire between 1812 and 1832. From 1833 he served in the House of Lords (by a writ of acceleration during his father's lifetime) as Baron Howland of Streatham.
From 1802, when his father became 6th Duke of Bedford, he was known by the courtesy title Marquess of Tavistock. He acceded as 7th Duke in 1839.
He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 6 July 1846 and invested as a Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 26 March 1847.
He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire from 1859 until his death in 1861.
He died in 1861, aged 73, and was buried on 22 May 1861 at Chenies, Buckinghamshire.
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