Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
Descendants of
Stephen Russell, of Weymouth
(gen 1-14 of 20 generations)
Stephen Russell, of Weymouth
Died 1438
Married Alice de La Tour
Children, Generation I
Generation I
1 Henry Russell
Died 1464 Dorchester
Married Elizabeth Herring
Children, Generation II-1
II-1 (I-1)
1 John Russell
Died 1505
Married Alice Froxmere
Children, Generation III-1
III-1 (II-1-1)
1 James Russell, of Kingston Russell
Died 1509
Married Anne Wyse, daughter of John Wyse, of Sydenham,
Dorset and Thomasine Fulford
Children, Generation IV-1
IV-1 (III-1-1)
1 John Russell
1st Earl of Bedford
Born circa 1485
Died 14 March 1555 The Strand, Midx.
Buried Chenies
Married 1526
Anne Sapcote, daughter of Sir Guy Sapcote and Margaret
Wolston
Died 14 March 1559
Children, Generation V-1
V-1 (IV-1-1)
1 Francis Russell
2nd Earl of Bedford
Born 1527
Died 28 July 1585 Bedford House, The Strand
Married (1) Margaret St.John, daughter of Sir John St.John,
of Bletshoe and Margaret Waldegrave
Died 27 August 1562 Woburn, Beds.
Buried Chenies
Married (2) 25 June 1566 *
The Hon. Bridget Hussey, daughter of John Hussey, Baron
Hussey and Lady Anne Grey
Born 1526
Died 12 January 1600
Children, Generation VI-1
VI-1 (V-1-1)
(1) 1 Lady Anne Russell
Born December 1548 Chenies, Bucks.
Died 6 February 1604 Northaw, Herts.
Buried Chenies
Married 11 November 1565 Whitehall
Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, son of John Dudley, 1st
Duke of Northumberland and Jane Guildford
Born circa 1529
Died 21 February 1589 Bedford House, The Strand
S.P.
2
Edward Russell
Lord Russell
Buried 26 June 1572 Chenies
Married circa 1571
Jane Sibilla Morrison, daughter of Sir Richard Morrison, of
Cashiobury and The Hon. Bridget Hussey
Died July 1615
S.P.
3
John Russell
Lord Russell
Died 1584
Married 12 December 1574 *
Elizabeth Cooke, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, of Gidea
Hall, Essex and Anne FitzWilliam
Buried 2 June 1609 Bisham
Children, Generation VII-1
4
Lady Elizabeth Russell
Died 24 March 1605
Buried Tawstock
Married 7 August 1583 Exeter, St.Mary Major's
William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath, son of John Bourchier,
Lord FitzWarine and Frances Kitson
Born 1557
Died 12 July 1623
Buried Tawstock
5
Sir Francis Russell
Lord Russell
Died 27 July 1585 killed in a fray
Married 15 April 1571
Juliana Foster
Children, Generation VII-2
6
William Russell
1st Baron Russell, of Thornhaugh
Born circa 1558
Died 9 August 1613 Northall, Bucks.
Buried Thornhaugh
Married 13 February 1585 * Watford
Elizabeth Long, daughter of Henry Long, of Shingay and
Dorothy Clerk, of Weston
Died 12 June 1611
Buried Watford, Herts.
Children, Generation VII-3
7
Lady Margaret Russell
Born circa 7 July 1560 Exeter
Died 24 May 1616 Brougham Castle
Buried Appleby, St.Lawrence
Married 24 June 1577 St.Mary's Overy, Southwark
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, son of Henry
Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and The Hon. Anne Dacre
Born 8 August 1558 Brougham Castle
Died 30 October 1605 The Savoy, Midx.
VII-1 (VI-1-3)
1 Elizabeth Russell
2
Anne Russell
Died 8 April 1639 Worcester House
Married 16 June 1600 Ludgate, St.Martin's
Henry Somerset, 5th Earl & 1st Marquess of Worcester, son
of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester and Lady
Elizabeth Hastings
Born 1577
Died 18 December 1646 Covent Garden (in prison)
Buried Windsor, St.George's
3
Francis Russell
Died in childhood
VII-2 (VI-1-5)
1 Edward Russell
3rd Earl of Bedford
Born 20 December 1572
Died 3 May 1627 Moor Park, Herts.
Buried Chenies
Married 12 December 1594 Stepney, Midx.
Lucy Harington, daughter of John Harington, 1st Baron
Harrington and Anne Kelway
Died 26 May 1627 Moor Park
Buried Exton
S.P.
VII-3 (VI-1-6)
1 Francis Russell
4th Earl of Bedford
Born 1593
Died 9 May 1641
Buried Chenies
Married 26 February 1609 St.Mary le Strand
The Hon. Catherine Brydges, daughter of Giles Brydges, 3rd
Lord Chandos and Lady Frances Clinton
Died 29 January 1657
Buried Chenies
Children, Generation VIII-1
VIII-1 (VII-3-1)
1 Lady Anne Russell
Died 26 January 1697
Buried Chenies
Married George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, son of John
Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol and Beatrice Walcott
Born October 1612 Madrid
Died 20 March 1677 Chelsea
Buried Chenies, Bucks.
2
Lady Catherine Russell
Died 1 December 1676
Married circa 1630
Robert Greville, 2nd Lord Brooke, son of Fulke Greville of
Thorpe-Latimer and Margaret Copley, of Wadsworth
Born 1607
Died 2 March 1643 Lichfield (in battle)
3
Lady Margaret Russell
Died November 1676
Buried Chenies
Married (1) 21 March 1632 St.Benet's Fink, London
James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle, son of James Hay, 1st Earl
of Carlisle and Lady Honora Denny, Baroness Denny
Born circa 1612
Died 30 October 1660
Buried 15 November 1660 Waltham Abbey, Essex
Married (2) 31 July 1667
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, son of Sir Henry
Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester and Catherine Spencer
Born 1602
Died 5 May 1671
S.P.
4
William Russell
5th Earl & 1st Duke of Bedford
Born August 1616
Died 7 September 1700 London, Bedford House
Buried Chenies
Married 11 July 1637 London, St.Benet's Church
Lady Anne Carr, daughter of Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset
and Lady Frances Howard
Born 9 December 1615 London
Died 10 May 1684 Woburn
Buried Chenies
Children, Generation IX-1
5
Col. Francis Russell
Governor of Barbados
Died circa 1 October 1696
Married 30 April 1691
Katherine Grey, daughter of William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of
Warke and Cecilia (Priscilla) Wentworth
Died circa January 1695 on voyage from Barbados
S.P.
6
Hon. John Russell
Died 1681
7
Hon. Edward Russell
Married Penelope Hill
Children, Generation IX-2
8
Lady Diana Russell
Born 1624
Died 30 January 1695
Buried Chenies, Bucks.
Married 28 April 1642 St.Giles's-in-the-Fields
Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford, son of Richard
Newport, 1st Baron Newport and Rachel Leveson
Born 23 February 1619 / 1620
Died 19 September 1708 Twickenham
IX-1 (VIII-1-4)
1 Francis Russell
Lord Russell
Born 1638
Died 14 January 1678
Buried 21 January 1678 Chenies
2
William Russell
Lord Russell
Born 29 September 1639
Died 21 July 1683 Lincoln Inn Field (beheaded)
Married 31 July 1669 Titchfield, Hants
Lady Rachel Wriothesley, daughter of Thomas Wriothesley,
4th Earl of Southampton and Rachel Massue de Ruvigny
Born 1637
Died 29 September 1723 Bloomsbury
Buried Chenies
Children, Generation X-1
3
Lord James Russell
Died 22 June 1712
Married Elizabeth Lloyd, daughter of NN Lloyd and Tryphena
Died 1 December 1736
Children, Generation X-2
4
Lady Diana Russell
Born 9 April 1652
Died 13 December 1701 Kensington
Buried Horseheath
Married (1) Sir Greville Verney
Married (2) 15 July 1675 * Hackney, Midx
William Alington, 3rd Lord Alington, son of William
Alington, 1st Baron Alington and Elizabeth Tollemache
Died 1 February 1684
5
Lady Margaret Russell
Born 31 August 1656
Buried 29 January 1702 Chenies
Married 12 November 1691 Woburn
Edward Russell, Earl of Orford, son of Hon. Edward Russell
and Penelope Hill
Born 1652 Chiswick, Midx
Died 26 November 1727 Covent Garden
Buried Chenies
S.P.
IX-2 (VIII-1-7)
1 William Russell
2
Catharine Russell
Married William Harbord, of Grafton Park, Ambassador to
Turkey
3
Edward Russell
Earl of Orford
Born 1652 Chiswick, Midx
Died 26 November 1727 Covent Garden
Buried Chenies
Married 12 November 1691 Woburn
Lady Margaret Russell, daughter of William Russell, 5th
Earl & 1st Duke of Bedford and Lady Anne Carr
Born 31 August 1656
Buried 29 January 1702 Chenies
S.P.
X-1 (IX-1-2)
1 Lady Rachel Russell
Born January 1674
Died 28 December 1725
Married 21 June 1688 Southampton House
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, son of William
Cavendish, 4th Earl & 1st Duke of Devonshire and Lady Mary
Butler
Born 1672
Died 4 June 1729 London, Devonshire House
Buried Derby, All Saint's
2
Catherine Russell
Born 23 August 1676
Died 30 October 1711 Bloomsbury, Southampton House
Buried Bottesford
Married 17 August 1693 Woburn, Bedfordshire
John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland, son of John Manners, 1st
Duke of Rutland and The Hon. Catherine Noel
Born 18 September 1676
Died 22 February 1721 Bloomsbury, Southampton House
Buried Bottesford
3
Wriothesley Russell
2nd Duke of Bedford
Born 1 November 1680 St.Giles's-in-the-Fields
Died 26 May 1711
Buried Chenies (smallpox)
Married 23 May 1695 Streatham, Surrey
Elizabeth Howland, daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth
Child
Born 1682
Died 29 July 1724 Streatham
Buried Chenies (Smallpox)
Children, Generation XI-1
X-2 (IX-1-3)
1 Tryphena Russell
Married Thomas Scawen, of Maidwell, Northant.
XI-1 (X-1-3)
1 Lady Rachel Russell
Died 22 May 1777
Buried Little Gaddesden, Herts.
Married (1) 4 August 1722
Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl & 1st Duke of Bridgwater, son of
John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater and Lady Jane Paulet
Born 11 August 1681
Died 11 January 1745
Married (2) 14 December 1745 St.James's Westminster
Sir Richard Lyttelton
Died 1 October 1770
2
Lady Elizabeth Russell
Died 8 June 1784 London
Buried Watford
Married 3 February 1726
William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, son of Algernon Capell,
2nd Earl of Essex and Lady Mary Bentinck
Born 1698
Died 8 January 1743
Buried Watford
3
William Russell
Marquess of Tavistock
Born 13 August 1703
Buried 27 December 1703 Chenies
4
Wriothesley Russell
3rd Duke of Bedford
Born 25 May 1708
Died 23 October 1732 Corunna, Spain
Buried Chenies
Married 22 April 1725 Ashbridge, Bucks.
Lady Anne Egerton, daughter of Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl &
1st Duke of Bridgwater and Lady Elizabeth Churchill
Died 15 June 1762
Buried Middleton Stoney, Oxon.
S.P.
5
John Russell
4th Duke of Bedford
Born 30 September 1710 Streatham, Surrey
Died 14 January 1771 Bloomsbury, Bedford House
Buried Chenies
Married (1) 11 October 1731
Lady Diana Spencer, daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl
of Sunderland and Lady Anne Churchill
Born 1710
Died 27 September 1735 Southampton House
Buried Chenies
Married (2) 2 April 1737
Lady Gertrude Leveson-Gower, daughter of John
Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and Lady Evelyn Pierrepont
Born 15 February 1715
Died 1 July 1794
Buried Chenies
Children, Generation XII-1
XII-1 (XI-1-5)
(1) 1 John Russell
Born 6 November 1732
Died 6 November 1732
(2) 2 Francis Russell
Marquess of Tavistock
Born 27 September 1739 London
Died 22 March 1767 Houghton Park, Beds.
Buried Chenies
Married 8 June 1764 Woburn
Lady Elizabeth Keppel, daughter of William Anne van Keppel,
2nd Earl of Albemarle and Lady Anne Lennox
Born 15 November 1739
Died 2 November 1768 Lisboa, Portugal
Buried Chenies
Children, Generation XIII-1
3
Lady Caroline Russell
Born January 1742
Died 26 November 1811 Blenheim Palace
Buried Blenheim
Married 23 August 1762 Bloomsbury, Bedford House
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, son of Charles
Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough and Hon. Elizabeth Trevor
Born 26 January 1739 London
Died 29 January 1817 Blenheim Palace
XIII-1 (XII-1-2)
1 Francis Russell
5th Duke of Bedford
Born 23 July 1765
Died 2 March 1802 Woburn Abbey
Affaire with (a) Anne 'Nancy' Parsons, 'Mrs. Horton'
Died circa 1814
Children by (b) Mrs. Marianna Palmer
Children, Generation XIV-1
2
John Russell
6th Duke of Bedford
Born 6 July 1766 London
Died 20 October 1839 Venne of Rothiemurchus, Perth
Married (1) 21 March 1786 Bruxelles
The Hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Byng, daughter of George Byng,
4th Viscount Torrington and Lady Lucy Boyle
Born 24 February 1768
Died 11 October 1801 Bath
Married (2) 23 June 1803 London
Lady Georgiana Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th
Duke of Gordon and Jane Maxwell
Born 18 July 1781 Castle Gordon
Died 24 February 1853 Nice
Children, Generation XIV-2
3
Lord William Russell
Born 20 August 1767
Died 6 May 1840 London (murdered)
Married 11 July 1789
Lady Charlotte Villiers, daughter of George Bussy Villiers,
4th Earl of Jersey, 7th Viscount Grandison and Frances
Twysden
Born 2 May 1771
Died 31 August 1808
Children, Generation XIV-3
XIV-1 (XIII-1-1)
(b) 1 Francis
2
Georgiana
XIV-2 (XIII-1-2)
(1) 1 Francis Russell
7th Duke of Bedford
Born 13 May 1788 London, Pall Mall
Died 14 May 1861 Woburn Abbey
Married 8 August 1808 London, Harrington House
Lady Anna Maria Stanhope, daughter of Charles Stanhope, 3rd
Earl of Harrington and June Fleming
Born 3 September 1783
Died 3 July 1857 London
Children, Generation XV-1
2
Lord George William Russell
Born 8 May 1790
Died 16 July 1846
Married 21 June 1817
Elizabeth Anne Rawdon, daughter of Hon. John Theophilus
Rawdon and Frances Stevenson
Born 2 October 1793
Died 10 August 1874
Children, Generation XV-2
3
Lord John Russell
1st Earl Russell
Born 19 August 1792 London
Died 28 May 1878 Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park
Married (1) 11 April 1835 St.George's, Hanover Sq
Adelaide Lister, daughter of Thomas Lister and Mary Grove
Born 12 September 1807
Died 1 November 1838 Brighton
Married (2) 20 July 1841 Minto, co Roxburgh
Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot, daughter of Gilbert
Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto and Mary
Brydone
Born 15 November 1815 Minto
Died 17 January 1898 Pembroke Lodge
Children, Generation XV-3
(2) 4 Lord Wriothesley
Russell
Born 11 May 1804
Died 6 April 1886
Married 23 June 1829
Hon. Elizabeth Laura Henriette Russell, daughter of Lord
William Russell and Lady Charlotte Villiers
Born 22 January 1803
Died 5 May 1886
Children, Generation XV-4
5
Lord Edward Russell
Admiral
Born 24 April 1805
Died 21 May 1887
Married 8 February 1860
Mary Ann Taylor, daughter of Aaron Taylor
Died 16 October 1874
S.P.
6
Lord Charles James Fox Russell
Born 10 February 1807 Woburn Abbey
Died 29 June 1894 Woburn Abbey
Married 2 April 1834
Isabella Clarissa Davies, daughter of William Griffith
Davies and Elizabeth Seymour
Born 1811
Died 19 June 1884
Children, Generation XV-5
7
Lord Francis John Russell
Born 23 October 1808
Died 28 January 1869
Married 13 April 1844
Elizabeth Peyton, daughter of Rev. Algernon Peyton
Died 2 February 1888
S.P.
8
Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Russell
Born 23 June 1810
Died 22 March 1867
Married 13 January 1842
Charles Romilly, son of Sir Samuel Romilly and Anne Garbett
Born 1808
Died 29 August 1887
9
Lady Louisa Jane Russell
Born 8 July 1812 London
Died 31 March 1905 Coates Castle, Pulborough
Married 25 October 1832 London
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, son of James
Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton and Harriet Douglas
Born 21 January 1811 Seamore Place, Mayfair
Died 31 October 1885 Baronscourt, Newtown Stewart
10
Lord Henry Russell
Born 17 February 1816
Died 2 May 1842
Married 21 September 1841
Henrietta Maria Stopford, daughter of Sir Robert Stopford
GCB, Admiral
Died 4 February 1869
S.P.
11
Lord Cosmo George Russell
Born 2 July 1817
Died 18 December 1875
Married 21 October 1851
Annie Norbury, daughter of John George Norbury
Died 18 April 1886
S.P.
12
Lord Alexander George Russell
Born 16 December 1821 Woburn Abbey
Died 10 January 1907 Wood Eaton, Oxford
Married 3 July 1844 London
Anne Emily Worsley Holmes, daughter of Sir Leonard Thomas
Worsley Holmes, of Westover, 9th Baronet and Anne Redstone
Delgarno
Born 3 February 1821 Westover, Isle of Wight
Died 16 October 1906
Children, Generation XV-6
13
Lady Rachel Evelyn Russell
Born 19 June 1826
Died 21 February 1898
Married 3 April 1856
Lord James Wandesforde Butler, son of James Wandesforde
Butler, 19th Earl & 1st Marquess of Ormonde and Grace
Louisa Staples
Born 18 May 1815
Died 13 December 1893
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