Lord Wriothesley Russell
Lord Wriothesley Russell MA (11 May 1804 – 6 April 1886) was a Canon of Windsor from 1840–1886[1]
Family
He was born on 11 May 1804, the fourth son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, and his wife, the former Georgiana Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon.
He married his second cousin, Elizabeth Henrietta Russell (born in 1806).[2] They had three children:
- Alfred John Russell (13 Aug 1833 – 11 Feb 1857)
- Algernon Wriothesley Russell (30 Aug 1835 – 19 Feb 1908)
- Evelyn Mary Eliza Russell (5 May 1837 – 5 Dec 1913)
Career
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and was awarded MA in 1829.
He was appointed:
- Rector of Streatham, Surrey
- Rector of St Michael's Church, Chenies, Buckinghamshire 1829
- Deputy Clerk of the Closet to Queen Victoria[2][3]
He was appointed to the ninth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1840, a position he held until he resigned in 1886.
Rev. Russell and his wife are buried in the churchyard of St Michael's, Chenies, together with other members of the Russell family.
Notes
- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- ^ a b A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Henry Colburn. 1869. p. 87. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Salisbury and Winchester Journal – Saturday 25 June 1859 p.2