Family and Education
b. 8 May 1790, 2nd s. of John Russell I, 6th Duke of Bedford, by 1st w., and bro. of Francis Russell, Mq. of Tavistock, and Lord John Russell II. educ. by Dr Moore, Sunbury 1800; Westminster 1803; by Rev. John Smith at Woodnesborough, nr. Sandwich 1805. m. 21 June 1817, Elizabeth Anne, da. of Hon. John Theophilus Rawdon, 3s. 1da. GCB 19 July 1838.
Offices Held
Cornet, 1 Drag. 1806, lt. 1806; capt. Canadian fencibles 1808, 81 Ft. 1808; capt. 23 Drag. 1808; maj. 102 Ft. 1813, lt.-col. 1814; maj. 42 Ft. on half-pay 1815; maj. 8 Drag. 1824, lt.-col. 1824, half-pay 1828; lt.-col. go Ft. 1829; col. 1830, half-pay 1831; a.d.c. to King William IV 1830 – 37, to Queen Victoria 1837 – 41; maj.-gen. 1841.
Special mission to Portugal 1832 – 34; minister plenip. to Württemberg 1834 – 35; envoy extraordinary and minister plenip. to Prussia 1835 – 41.
Parlimentarian
Notes
See Georgiana Blakiston, Lord William Russell and hhis Wife, 1815-1846.
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Commons 1790-1820
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RUSSELL, George William (1790-1846)
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