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SAVILE, John, Visct. Pollington (1783-1860), of Methley Park, nr. Leeds, Yorks. and 33 Dover Street, Mdx.
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b. 3 July 1783, o.s. of John Savile†, 2nd earl of Mexborough [I], and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Henry Stephenson of East Burnham, Berks. and Cox Lodge, nr. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. educ. Eton c. 1797; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1801. m. 29 Aug. 1807, Lady Anne Yorke, da. of Philip Yorke†, 3rd earl of Hardwicke, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. as 3rd earl of Mexborough [I] 3 Feb. 1830. d. 25 Dec. 1860.
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Capt. Pontefract vols. 1803, 2nd maj. 1806, lt.-col. commdt. 1808; lt. S. regt. W. Riding yeoman cav. 1811, capt. 1824.
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Main residences: Methley Park, nr. Leeds, Yorks.; 33 Dover Street, Mdx.
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Commons 1820-1832
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SAVILE, John, Visct. Pollington (1783-1860)
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RUSSELL, Lord George William (1790-1846).
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b. 8 May 1790, 2nd s. of John Russell†, 6th duke of Bedford (d. 1839), and 1st w. Hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Byng, da. of George, 4th Visct. Torrington; bro. of Francis Russell, mq. of Tavistock* and Lord John Russell*. 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† of Bolney Court, Oxon., 3s. 1da. d.v.p. GCB 19 July 1838. d. 16 July 1846.
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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. (half-pay) 1815; maj. 8 Drag. 1824, lt.-col. 1824, half-pay 1828; lt.-col. 90 Ft. 1829; col. army 1830; half-pay 1831; a.d.c. to William IV 1830 – 37, to Victoria 1837 – 41; maj.-gen. 1841.
Special mission to Portugal 1832 – 34; minister plenip. to Wurttemberg 1834 – 35; envoy extraordinary and minister plenip. to Prussia 1835 – 41.
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Notes
See G. Blakiston, Lord William Russell and his Wife, 1815-1846 (1972), which draws in part on the privately printed Letters to Lord G. William Russell (1915-20).
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RUSSELL, Lord George William (1790-1846)
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RUSSELL, Francis, mq. of Tavistock (1788-1861), of Oakley, Beds. and 18 Arlington Street, Mdx.
Family and Education
b. 13 May 1788, 1st s. of John Russell†, 6th duke of Bedford, and 1st w. Hon. Georgiana Byng, da. of George, 4th Visct. Torrington; bro. of Lord George William Russell* and Lord John Russell*. educ. by Dr. Moore, Sunbury; Westminster 1801; by Rev. John Smith at Woodnesborough, nr. Sandwich 1805-6; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1807. m. 8 Aug. 1808, Lady Anna Maria Stanhope, da. of Charles Stanhope†, 3rd earl of Harrington, 1s. summ. to the Lords in his fa.’s barony as Lord Howland 15 Jan. 1833; suc. fa. as 7th duke of Bedford 20 Oct. 1839; KG 26 Mar. 1847. d. 14 May 1861.
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PC 6 July 1846.
Ld. lt. Beds. 1859 – d.
Lt. Beds. militia 1806 – 09, lt.-col. 1809; capt. Woburn yeoman cav. 1807.
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Main residences: Oakley, Beds.; 18 Arlington Street, Mdx.
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Commons 1820-1832
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RUSSELL, Francis, mq. of Tavistock (1788-1861)
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RUSSELL, Charles (1786-1856), of 27 Charles Street, St. James’s Square, Mdx.
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b. 22 July 1786, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Henry Russell (d. 1836), commr. of bankrupts, of 9 New Square, L. Inn and 2nd w. Anna Barbara, da. of Sir Charles Whitworth† of Leybourne, Kent. unm. d. 15 May 1856.
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Cadet, E.I. Co. 1800, ensign 1801, lt. 1803, capt. 1818, furlough 1817, ret. 1822.
Chairman, Great Western Railway 1839 – 55.
Main residence: 27 Charles Street, St. James’s Square, Mdx.
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Commons 1820-1832
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RUSSELL, Charles (1786-1856)
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NICHOLL, Sir John (1759-1838), of Merthyr Mawr, Glam. and 26 Bruton Street, Mdx.
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b. 16 Mar. 1759, 2nd s. of John Nicholl (d. 1773) of Llanmaes, Glam. and Elizabeth née Havard. educ. Cowbridge sch. 1766; Bristol 1773; St. John’s, Oxf. 1775, BCL 1780, DCL 1785; L. Inn 1775. m. 8 Sept. 1787, Judy, da. of Peter Birt of Wenvoe Castle, Glam., 1s. surv. 3 da. (1 d.v.p.). Kntd. 31 Oct. 1798; suc. Edward Powell to Tondu, Glam. 1771. d. 26 Aug. 1838.
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Adv. doctors’ commons Nov. 1785; king’s adv. Oct. 1798 – Jan. 1809; dean of ct. of arches and PCC judge 1809 – 34; PC 6 Feb. 1809; admiralty ct. judge 1833 – d., holding his other offices in commendam; vicar-gen. to abp. of Canterbury 1834 – d.
Lt.-col. commdt. St. Giles and St. George’s, Bloomsbury vol. inf. 1803.
Main residences: Merthyr Mawr, Glam.; 26 Bruton Street, Mdx.
Notes
Draws on Nicholl’s papers among the privately held Merthyr Mawr mss, seen with the owner’s consent at Glam. RO. Nicholl’s diaries for 1816-28 and 1830-38 [F/2/1-21] are fullest for 1824-6. For his legal career see Sir W. Holdsworth, Hist. English Law, xiii. 691-6 and B. Hutton, ‘Sir John Nicholl’, Legal Wales: its past and its future ed. T.G. Watkin, 89-100.
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NICHOLL, Sir John (1759-1838)
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NEWPORT, Sir Simon John, 1st bt. (1756-1843), of New Park, co. Waterford
Family and Education
b. 24 Oct. 1756, 1st s. of Simon Newport, merchant and banker, of Waterford and Elizabeth, da. of William Riall of Clonmel, co. Tipperary. educ. Eton 1768-74; M. Temple 1770; Queen’s, Oxf. 1773; L. Inn 1779; King’s Inns 1780, called [I] 1780. m. 1 Oct. 1784, Ellen, da. of Shapland Carew, MP [I], of Castleborough, co. Wexford, s.p. cr. bt. 25 Aug. 1789; suc. fa. 1817. d. 9 Feb. 1843.
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Chan. of exch. [I] Feb. 1806 – Mar. 1807; commr. of treasury [I] Apr. 1806 – Mar. 1807; PC [GB] 12 Mar. 1806, [I] 25 July 1806; comptroller gen. of exch. [UK] Oct. 1834 – Sept. 1839.
Main residence: New Park, co. Waterford, [I].
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Commons 1820-1832
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NEWPORT, Sir Simon John, 1st bt. (1756-1843)
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MUSGRAVE, Sir Richard, 3rd bt. (1790-1859), of Tourin, nr. Cappoquin, co. Waterford
Family and Education
b. 6 Jan. 1790, 1st s. of Sir Christopher Frederick Musgrave, 2nd bt., of Tourin and Jane, da. of John Beere of Ballyboy, co. Tipperary. educ. Trinity, Dublin 1807. m. 29 July 1815, Frances, da. of William Newcome, abp. of Armagh, 5s. suc fa. as 3rd bt. Sept. 1826. d. 7 July 1859.
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Main residence: Tourin, nr. Cappoquin, co. Waterford, [I].
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MUSGRAVE, Sir Richard, 3rd bt. (1790-1859)
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MURRAY, Sir George (1772-1846), of Bleaton, Perth. and 5 Belgrave Square, Mdx.
Family and Education
b. 6 Feb. 1772, 2nd s. of Sir William Murray, 5th bt. (d. 1800), of Ochtertyre, Perth and Lady Augusta Mackenzie, da. of George, 3rd earl of Cromarty [S]; bro. of Sir Patrick Murray, 6th bt.† educ. privately; Edinburgh h.s. 1781-5; Edinburgh Univ. 1785; Geneva. m. 28 Apr. 1825, Oxford DNB, from par. reg. of Sunninghill, Berks. Lady Louisa Paget, da. of Henry, 1st earl of Uxbridge, estranged w. and wid. of Maj.-Gen. Sir James Erskine, 3rd bt., of Torriehouse, Fife, 1da. (b. 1822). KB 11 Sept. 1813; GCB 2 Jan. 1815; GCH 1816. d. 28 July 1846.
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Ensign 71 Ft. Mar. 1789, 34 Ft. June 1789; ensign 3 Ft. Gds. 1790, lt. and capt. 1794, capt. and lt.-col. 1799; sen. asst. q.m.g. on Helder expedition 1799, Egyptian expedition 1800 – 02; adj.-gen. W.I. 1802 – 03; asst. q.m.g. at Horse Gds. 1803 – 04; dep. q.m.g. [I] 1804 – 12, q.m.g 1812 – 14; dep. q.m.g. Hanover expedition 1805; q.m.g. Baltic army 1807, Stockholm mission 1808, Portugal 1808 – 09; col. army 1809; q.m.g. Peninsula and France 1809 – 12, 1813 – 14; brig.-gen. 1811; maj.-gen. 1812; col. 60 Ft. 1813; adj.-gen. [I] 1814; gov. Canada 1814 – 15; chief of staff of Allied armies and q.m.g. of British contingent in France 1815 – 18; col. 72 Ft. 1817; col. 42 Ft. 1823; lt.-gen. 1825; c.-in-c. [I] 1825 – 28; gen. 1841; col. 1 Ft. 1843 – d.
Lt.-gen. of ordnance Mar. 1824 – Feb. 1825; sec. of state for war and colonies May 1828 – Nov. 1830; PC 30 May 1828; master-gen. of ordnance Dec. 1834 – May 1835, Sept. 1841 – July 1846.
Gov. Edinburgh Castle 1818 – 19, RMC, Sandhurst 1819 – 24, Fort St. George, Inverness 1829 – d.
Main residences: Bleaton, Perth; 5 Belgrave Square, Mdx.
Notes
See S.G.P. Ward, ‘Gen. Sir George Murray’, Jnl. of Soc. for Army Hist. Research, lviii (1980), 191-208.
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Commons 1820-1832
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MURRAY, Sir George (1772-1846)
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