Lord Charles Russell

Russell as portrayed by James Tissot in Vanity Fair, 12 April 1873. Caption reads This fell sergeant - strict in this arrest

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, of whom the youngest was George W. E. Russell, and 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

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)

External links

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