Paternal Family Tree: Russell
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On 18th January 1844 [his father] Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford [aged 24] and [his mother] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr [aged 52] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr [aged 48]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 19th February 1858 Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford was born to Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford [aged 38] and Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford [aged 39].
On 27th May 1872 William Russell 8th Duke Bedford [aged 62] died. His first cousin [his father] Francis [aged 52] succeeded 9th Duke Bedford, 9th Marquess Tavistock, 13th Earl Bedford, 13th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 11th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 9th Baron Howland of Streatham
On 24th October 1886 [his brother] George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford [aged 34] and [his sister-in-law] Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford [aged 34] were married. She the daughter of Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers. He the son of [his father] Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford [aged 67] and [his mother] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford [aged 68].
On 31st January 1888 Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford [aged 29] and Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford [aged 22] were married at Barrackpore. He the son of Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford [aged 68] and Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford [aged 69].
On 21st December 1888 [his son] Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford was born to Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford [aged 30] and [his wife] Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford [aged 23]. He married November 1914 Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford and had issue.
On 14th January 1891 [his father] Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford [aged 71] shot himself as a result of insanity at 81 Eaton Square, Belgravia. His son [his brother] George [aged 38] succeeded 10th Duke Bedford, 10th Marquess Tavistock, 14th Earl Bedford, 14th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 12th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 10th Baron Howland of Streatham. [his sister-in-law] Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford [aged 38] by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Monument in the Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies erected by [his mother] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford [aged 72] in 1892.
On 23rd March 1893 George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford [aged 40] died. George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His brother Herbrand [aged 35] succeeded 11th Duke Bedford, 11th Marquess Tavistock, 15th Earl Bedford, 15th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 13th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 11th Baron Howland of Streatham. Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford [aged 27] by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 22nd April 1897 [his mother] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford [aged 78] died at Latimer House, Chesham. She was buried having been cremated at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies.
On 14th March 1901 Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford [aged 43] was appointed 816th Knight of the Garter by King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 59].
On 30th May 1902 Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford [aged 44] was invested 817th Knight of the Garter by King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 60]. at Buckingham Palace [Map].
1913. John Collier [aged 62]. Portrait of Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford [aged 54].
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In November 1914 Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford [aged 25] and Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford were married. He the son of Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford [aged 56] and Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford [aged 49].
On 22nd March 1937 [his wife] Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford [aged 71] died in a plane crash.
On 27th August 1940 Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford [aged 82] died. His son Hastings [aged 51] succeeded 12th Duke Bedford, 12th Marquess Tavistock, 16th Earl Bedford, 16th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 14th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 12th Baron Howland of Streatham. Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford 
9 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Russell 4th Duke Bedford 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Russell 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Leveson-Gower Duchess Bedford 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Russell 6th Duke Bedford 2 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle
Great x 4 Grandmother: Geertruid Johanna Quirina Van Der Duyn Countess Albermarle
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Keppel Great Granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond 
son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle Granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: George Russell 3 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Byng 1st Viscount Torrington 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Byng 3rd Viscount Torrington
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Byng 4th Viscount Torrington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Georgiana Elizabeth Byng 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 4th Earl Cork 4th Earl Orrery 
11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Boyle 5th Earl Cork 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cecil Countess Cork 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Boyle Viscountess Torrington 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
father: Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford 4 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Theophilus Rawdon 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 9th Earl Huntingdon 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Frances Fowler Countess Huntingdon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Washington Shirley 2nd Earl Ferrers 
11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Selina Shirley Countess Huntingdon 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Levinge Countess Ferrers
Grandmother: Elizabeth Anne Rawdon 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford 5 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John West 6th Baron De La Warr 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John West 1st Earl De La Warr 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John West 2nd Earl De La Warr 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Donough MacCarty 4th Earl Clancarty 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte MacCarty Baroness De La Warr 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty 
10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John West 4th Earl De La Warr 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
mother: Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sackville 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Colyear
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Leveson-Gower 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johnathan Cope 1st Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Johnathan Cope 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Jenkinson Lady Cope
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Cope 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Arabella Howard 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Spencer Countess Carlisle 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 5th Baronet 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Bishopp Countess Liverpool 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England