Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock

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Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (27 September 1739 – 22 March 1767) was a British politician and the eldest son of the 4th Duke of Bedford.

From 1759 to 1761, he sat in the Irish House of Commons as Whig Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough and then in the British House of Commons for Bedfordshire until 1767. On 8 June 1764, he married Lady Elizabeth Keppel, the youngest child of the 2nd Earl of Albemarle. They had three sons:

• Francis Russell, Lord Howland (5th Duke of Bedford) (1765-1802)
• Lord John Russell (6th Duke of Bedford) (1766-1839)
• Lord William Russell (1767-1840)

Lord Tavistock was killed in 1767, from injuries sustained after a fall from his horse whilst out hunting, and his eldest son succeeded as Duke of Bedford four years later.

[edit] References

• Beatson, Robert (1807). A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament, Volume II. http://books.google.com/books?vid=LCCN06016349&id=XiDFKwjKZZ4C. 

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Edward Knatchbull Philip Bragg	Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough 1759 – 1761 With: Edward Knatchbull	Succeeded by Robert Cuninghame Hon. John Ponsonby
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir Thomas Alston, Bt Henry Osborn	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1761 – 1767 With: Robert Henley-Ongley	Succeeded by Robert Henley-Ongley The Earl of Upper Ossory