Sir William Russell 1st Duke of Bedford [57086]

  General Notes:

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Sir William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England <http://www.thepeerage.com/pd190.htm#i10688>.⁴ He was invested as a Knight Bachelor on 1 February 1626.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Tavistock from 1640 to 1641.³ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, co. Northampton [E., 1603] on 9 May 1641.³ He succeeded to the title of 5th Earl of Bedford [E., 1550] on 9 May 1641.³ He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Russell [E., 1539] on 9 May 1641.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Devon in 1642.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset in 1642.³ He was General of the Horse in the Parliamentary Service on 14 July 1642.³ He fought in the Battle of Edgehill on 23 October 1642, for the Parliamentarians.³ He fought in the Battle of Newbury on 20 September 1643, for the Royalists.³ He was Fellow Commoner on 15 October 1643 at Wadham College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England <pd190.htm>.³ He held the office of Governor of Plymouth in 1671.⁴ He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 29 May 1672.³ He held the office of Joint Commissioner for the office of Earl Marshal in 1673.³ He held the office of Recorder of Cambridge in 1689.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire between 1689 and 1700.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire between 1689 and 1700.³ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 14 February 1688/89.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex between 1692 and 1700.³ He was created 1st Duke of Bedford [England] on 11 May 1694.³ He was created 1st Marquess of Tavistock [England] on 11 May 1694.³ He was created 1st Baron Howland of Streatham, Surrey [England] on 13 June 1695, with remainder to his grandson, Wriothesley Russell.⁵
Thomas, Earl of Ailesbury, speaks of him as "a graceful old nobleman ... He kept a good house for eating amongst themselves, but no hospitality ... He went to the Parish [Church] on Sunday Morning, but had a Protestant Chaplain."⁵

1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 78. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

2. Unknown Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message from unknown author e-mail (France) to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family".

3. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 79.

4. Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 319. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

5. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 80.

6. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 108.

7. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 30.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Will probated, May 1701.

William married Anne (Elizabeth) Carr Duchess Bedford [57087] [MRIN: 551615198], daughter of Robert Carr 1st and last Earl of Somerset [58903] and Frances Howard Countess Essex/Countess Somerset [58904], on 11 Jul 1637 in St. Benet's, Paul's Wharf, London, England. (Anne (Elizabeth) Carr Duchess Bedford [57087] was born on 9 Dec 1615 in Tower of London, London, England, christened on 16 Dec 1615 in St. Martins, Ludgate, England, died on 10 May 1684 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England and was buried on 16 May 1684 in Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England.)