British soldier and Whig politician
Lord Charles James Fox Russell (10 February 1807 – 29 June 1894), was a British soldier and Whig politician.
Background
Russell was the third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, by his second wife Lady Georgiana, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon. Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford, Lord George Russell and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell were his elder half-brothers and Lord Edward Russell and Lord Alexander Russell his full brothers.[1]
Cricket
An amateur cricketer, Russell played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1833 and 1846.[2]
Career
Russell was a Lieutenant-Colonel in both the 52nd Regiment and the Royal Horse Guards.[1] In 1832 he was returned to Parliament for Bedfordshire, a seat he held until 1841 and again briefly in 1847.[3] In 1848 he was appointed Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons, which he remained until 1875.[1]
Family
Russell married Isabella Clarissa, daughter of William Griffith Davies, in 1834. They had two sons: Henry Charles Russell (the father of Thomas Wentworth Russell) and George W. E. Russell, as well as three daughters. Lady Charles Russell died in June 1884. Russell survived her by ten years and died in June 1894, aged 87.[1]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Lord Charles Russell |
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| | | | | | | | | 16. Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford | | | | | | | 8. John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford | | | | | | | | | | 17. Elizabeth Howland | | | | | | | 4. Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower | | | | | | | 9. The Hon. Gertrude Leveson-Gower | | | | | | | | | | 19. Lady Evelyn Pierrepont | | | | | | | 2. John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle | | | | | | | 10. Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle | | | | | | | | | | 21. Geertruid Johanna Quirina van der Duyn | | | | | | | 5. Lady Elizabeth Keppel | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond | | | | | | | 11. Lady Anne Lennox | | | | | | | | | | 23. Anne Brudenell | | | | | | | 1. Lord Charles Russell | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon | | | | | | | 12. Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon | | | | | | | | | | 25. Lady Henrietta Mordaunt | | | | | | | 6. Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen | | | | | | | 13. Lady Catherine Gordon | | | | | | | | | | 27. Lady Susan Murray | | | | | | | 3. Lady Georgina Gordon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Sir Alexander Maxwell, 2nd Baronet of Monreith, Wigtownshire | | | | | | | 14. Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet of Monreith, Wigtownshire | | | | | | | | | | 29. Lady Jean Montgomerie | | | | | | | 7. Jane Maxwell | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. William Blair | | | | | | | 15. Magdalen Blair | | | | | | | | | | 31. Catharine Tait | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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