Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock

Francis Russell
Marquess of Tavistock
Portrait by Joshua Reynolds.
Born	27 September 1739
Died	22 March 1767 (aged 27)
Spouse(s)	Lady Elizabeth Keppel
Issue	Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford Lord William Russell
Parents	John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford Lady Gertrude Leveson-Gower

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 and his second wife Hon. Gertrude Leveson-Gower.

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.

He was elected as a Bailiff to the board of the Bedford Level Corporation in 1761, a position he held until his death.

On 8 June 1764, he married Lady Elizabeth Keppel, the youngest child of the 2nd Earl of Albemarle. They had three sons:

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

Lord Tavistock died in 1767 after falling from his horse while hunting. Their eldest son succeeded his grandfather as 5th Duke of Bedford in 1771.

References

• Beatson, Robert (1807). A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament, Volume II.