Lord Charles Russell

Lord Charles Russell
Lord Charles Russell
	Russell as portrayed by James Tissot in Vanity Fair, 12 April 1873. Caption reads This fell sergeant - strict in this arrest
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
	In office; 1832-1841; March - August 1847
Personal details
Born	10 February 1807
Died	29 June 1894 (aged 87)
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Isabella Davies (m. 1834; died 1884)
Children	5, including George
Parent	John Russell (father);
Relatives	Edward Russell (brother); Alexander Russell (brother); Francis Russell (half-brother); George Russell (half-brother); John Russell (half-brother); Thomas Russell (grandson); Francis Russell (grandfather); Alexander Gordon (grandfather)
Military career
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit	52nd Regiment; Royal Horse Guards

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

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d thepeerage.com Lt.-Col. Lord Charles James Fox Russell
^ "Player profile: Charles Russell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Charles Russell

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Marquess of Tavistock Peter Payne	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1832–1841 With: William Stuart 1832–1835 Viscount Alford 1835–1841	Succeeded by Viscount Alford William Thornton Astell
Preceded by Viscount Alford William Thornton Astell	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire March 1847 – August 1847 With: Viscount Alford	Succeeded by Viscount Alford Francis Russell
Government offices
Preceded by Sir William Gosset	Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons 1848–1875	Succeeded by Sir Ralph Gosset

[thepeerage.com-1] thepeerage.com Lt.-Col. Lord Charles James Fox Russell

[2] "Player profile: Charles Russell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[3] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)

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