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BEDFORD 87 16 Oct. 1 8 19, and bap. 20 July 1820, in Curzon Str., and reg. at St. Geo., Han. Sq., and at Woburn. Entered the army (Scots Fusilier Guards), 1838, but retired 1844; M.P. (Liberal)^ for Beds, 1847-72; K.G. i Dec! i88o;() Pres. of the Roy. Agric. Soc. 1880. Lord Lieut, of co. Hunts, 1884 till his death. He m., 18 Jan. 1844, at Buckhurst Park, Withyam^ Sussex, Elizabeth, ist da. of George John (Sackville-West), 5th Earl de LA Warr, by Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Buckhurst. He d. 14 Jan. 1 89 1, at 81 Eaton Sq., aged 71, having shot himself while temporarily insane, during pneumonia. Personalty ;^2 12,292 net. His widow, who was b. 23 Sep. 1818, and bap. at Bourne, co. Cambridge, was one of Queen Victoria's bridesmaids, and Mistress of the Robes to the Queen,('=) 1880-83; Extra Lady of the Bedchamber, 1883. V.A., 3rd class. !She d. suddenly' 22 Apr. 1897, at Latimer House, Chesham, aged 78. She and her husband were both cremated at Woking, their ashes being bur. at Chenies. 10 and 14. George William Francis Sack- viLLE (Russell), Duke of Bedford, t^c, ist s. i8qi ^""^ '^■' ^' '^^ Eaton Place West, 16 Apr., and bap. 24 May 1852, at Knole, Kent; styled Marquess of Tavistock, 1872-91; ed. at Bal- liol Coll. Oxford; B.A., 1874; was M.P. (Lib- eral) ('^) for Beds, 1875-85; Sheriff of Beds, ^ He m., 24 Oct. 1876, at the Royal Chapel, Whitehall, Adeline Mary, 2nd and yst. surv. da. and coh. of Charles Somers (Somers-Cocks), 3rd Earl Somers, by Virginia, da. of James Pattle. He d. s.p., 23 Mar. 1893, suddenly, of diabetes, at 37 Chesham Place, aged 41, and was bur. at Chenies. Admon. ;C3395io2 gross and ;^32i,35i net. His widow, who was b. 24 May 1852, living 19 10. 11 and 15. Herbrand Arthur (Russell), Duke of Bedford [1694], Marquess of Tavistock [1694], Earl of Bedford [1550], Baron Russell [1539], Baron Russell of Thornhaugh [1603], and Baron Howland of Streatham [1695], only br. and h., b. 19 Feb. 1858, in Eaton Place West; sty/ed Lord Her- DUKEDOM. XIIL EARLDOM. XVL 1889. DUKEDOM. XIV. EARLDOM. XVIL 1893- falling in of the Bloomsbury leases. The big white stone house, Thorney House, opposite the broad walk in Kensington Gardens, was built by him for his mistress: it has recently (1910) been pulled down and converted into flats. V.G. (=■) In 1886 he remained an Unionist, thereby becoming separated from his party. On the Home Rule question he wrote in 1890, "Mr. Gladstone thought for me politicaHy for many years, but his sudden vertiginous gyrations made me" think for myself." About time, seeing that he was aged 67 in 1886. V.G. (•>) He was the 8th Earl (six of whom had also been Dukes) of Bedford of his family so honoured. See Appendix B in this volume, for some remarks on the number of K.G.'s conferred on members of Peerages still extant. (') See note sub Manchester for a list of these Ladies. ('^) He remained an Unionist in 1886. V.G.