Lord Charles Russell

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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

Family 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

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
1832–1841
With: William Stuart 1832–1835
Viscount Alford 1835–1841
Succeeded by
Viscount Alford
William Thornton Astell
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
March 1847 – August 1847
With: Viscount Alford
Succeeded by
Viscount Alford
Francis Russell