Duke of Bedford

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Duke of Bedford (named after Bedford, England) is a title that has been created six times (for five distinct people) in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1414 for Henry IV's third son, John, who later served as regent of France. In 1433 he surrendered the title and it was re-granted to him. The title became extinct on his death in 1435. The third creation came in 1470 in favour of George Neville, nephew of Warwick the Kingmaker. He was deprived of the title by Act of Parliament in 1478. The fourth creation came in 1478 in favour of George, the third son of Edward IV. He died the following year at the age of two. The fifth creation came in 1485 in favour of Jasper Tudor, half-brother of Henry VI and uncle of Henry VII. He had already been created Earl of Pembroke in 1452. However, as he was a Lancastrian, his title was forfeited between 1461 and 1485 during the predominance of the House of York. He regained the earldom in 1485 when his nephew Henry VII came to the throne and was elevated to the dukedom the same year. He had no legitimate children and the titles became extinct on his death in 1495.

Dukedom of Bedford
Argent, a lion rampant gules on a chief sable three escallops of the first (Russell).[1]
Creation date	11 May 1694
Creation	Sixth
Created by	William III and Mary II
Peerage	Peerage of England
First holder	William Russell, 5th Earl of Bedford
Present holder	Andrew Russell, 15th Duke
Heir apparent	Henry Russell, Marquess of Tavistock
Remainder to	1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Marquess of Tavistock Earl of Bedford Baron Russell Baron Russell of Thornhaugh Baron Howland
Seat(s)	Woburn Abbey

John Russell, a close adviser of Henry VIII and Edward VI, was granted the title of Earl of Bedford in 1551, and his descendant William, 5th Earl, was created Duke in 1694, following the Glorious Revolution. The Russell family currently holds the titles of Earl and Duke of Bedford.

The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Bedford, all in the Peerage of England, are Marquess of Tavistock (created 1694), Earl of Bedford (1550), Baron Russell, of Cheneys (1539), Baron Russell of Thornhaugh in the County of Northampton (1603), and Baron Howland, of Streatham in the County of Surrey (1695). The courtesy title of the Duke of Bedford's eldest son and heir is Marquess of Tavistock.

Every Duke from the 5th Duke onwards is descended from Charles II of England. The family seat is Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. The private mausoleum and chapel of the Russell Family and the Dukes of Bedford is at St. Michael's Church in Chenies, Buckinghamshire (photo).^[2] The family owns The Bedford Estate in central London.

Dukes of Bedford, first Creation (1414)

Other titles: Earl of Kendal (1414) and Earl of Richmond (1414)

• John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford (1389–1435), third son of Henry IV

Dukes of Bedford, second Creation (1433)

Other titles: Earl of Kendal (1414) and Earl of Richmond (1414)

• John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford (1389–1435), regranted his dukedom with the standard remainder,^[3] died without issue

Dukes of Bedford, third Creation (1470)

Other titles: Marquess of Montagu (1470) and Baron Montagu (1461)

• George Neville, Duke of Bedford (1457–1483), nephew of Warwick the Kingmaker, succeeded as Marquess of Montagu and Baron Montagu in 1471, deprived of all of his honours in 1478

Dukes of Bedford, fourth Creation (1478)

• George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford (1477–1479), third son of Edward IV, died in infancy

Dukes of Bedford, fifth Creation (1485)

Other titles: Earl of Pembroke (1452)

• Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford (1431–1495), uncle of Henry VII, regained his earldom a few months after his nephew's accession. He died without legitimate issue.^[4]

Earls of Bedford (1551)

Other titles: Baron Russell (1539)

• John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (c. 1485–1555), a close advisor of Henry VIII, was later created Earl of Bedford, by then a close advisor of Henry's son Edward VI, was further honoured by him
• Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (1527–1585), son of the 1st Earl
  • Edward Russell, Lord Russell (1551–1572), eldest son of the 2nd Earl
  • John Russell, 3rd Baron Russell (c. 1553–1584), second son of the 2nd Earl, summoned to Parliament by writ of acceleration
  • Francis Russell, Lord Russell (c. 1554–1585), third son of the 2nd Earl
  • William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (c.1557–1613), fourth son of the 2nd Earl
• Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford (1572–1627), son of Francis, Lord Russell

Other titles (4th Earl onwards): Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (1603)

• Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford (1593–1641), cousin of the 3rd Earl and son of Lord Russell of Thornhaugh (fourth son of the 2nd Earl)
• William Russell, 5th Earl of Bedford (1616–1700), eldest son of the 4th Earl, was created Duke of Bedford in 1694
  • Francis Russell, Lord Russell (1638–1679), eldest son of the 5th Earl, died unmarried
  • Rt. Hon. William Russell, Lord Russell (1639–1683), second son of the 5th Earl, father of the 2nd Duke,^[5] was attainted and executed in 1683

Origins

Part of this section is transcluded from John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford. (edit | history)

John Russell was born c. 1485 probably at Berwick-by-Swyre, Dorset, the son of Sir James Russell (d. Nov. 1505)^[6] and his first wife Alice Wyse, daughter of Thomas Wyse of Sidenham, near Tavistock, Devon.^[7] James's father was possibly Sir William Russell, but more likely his brother John Russell (d. pre-November, 1505) by his wife Alice Froxmere, daughter of John Froxmere of Droitwich, Worcestershire, because his coat of arms quarters Froxmere.^[8] The elder John Russell was the son of Sir Henry Russell (d. 1463/4), and Elizabeth Herring, daughter of John Herring of Chaldon Herring. Henry, a great-grandfather of the 1st earl, was a substantial wine merchant and shipper, who represented Weymouth in the House of Commons four times.^[9][10]

The Russell pedigree can only be traced back with certainty to Henry Russell's father, Sir Stephen Russell, the evidence being contained in a deed of April 1440^[11] in which Henry Russell made over to his daughter Christina and her husband Walter Cheverell of Chauntemarle, a tenement in Dorchester to be held of himself and his heirs upon the rent of a red rose. In the deed, Henry referred to himself as son and heir of Sir Stephen Russell and of Alice, his wife.^[12] This Alice appears to have been the heir general of the De la Tour family,^[13] which had long owned Berwick-by-Swyre, and by whom therefore the manor was brought into the Russell family.

Both Sir Henry and Sir Stephen were referred to as Gascoigne as well as Russell, possibly due to their wine trade with France (see Gascoigne), as in a 1442 pardon under the Privy Seal referring to Henry Russell of Weymouth, merchant, alias Henry Gascoign, gentleman.^[14] It was long believed in the noble Russell family, certainly by the 2nd Earl of Bedford, that the family was descended from the ancient family of Russell of Kingston Russell in Dorset, three miles north-east of Berwick, which descent was declared unproven by Gladys Scott Thomson in her Two Centuries of Family History, London, 1930, an exhaustive and scholarly work on the early pedigree of the Earls of Bedford.^[15] (For a disambiguation of the Bedford Russells and the Russells of Kingston Russell, see Kingston Russell House.)

Dukes of Bedford, sixth Creation (1694)

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford

Other titles: Marquess of Tavistock (1694), Baron Howland (1695), Earl of Bedford (1551), Baron Russell (1538) and Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (1603)

• William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616–1700), was created Duke of Bedford in 1694, after the Glorious Revolution
  • Francis Russell, Lord Russell (1638–1679), eldest son of the 1st Duke, died unmarried
  • Rt. Hon. William Russell, Lord Russell (1639–1683), second son of the 1st Duke
• Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford (1680–1711), only son of Rt. Hon. William Russell, Lord Russell (whose attainder had been reversed in 1688)
  • William Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (1703), eldest son of the 2nd Duke, died in infancy
  • William Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (1704–c. 1707), second son of the 2nd Duke, died young
• Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford (1708–1732), third son of the 2nd Duke, died without issue
• John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710–1771), fourth and youngest son of the 2nd Duke
  • John Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (1732–1732), eldest son of the 4th Duke, died in infancy
  • Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (1739–1767), second son of the 4th Duke and father of the 5th and 6th Dukes
• Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765–1802), eldest son of Lord Tavistock, died without issue
• John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766–1839), second son of Lord Tavistock
• Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford (1788–1861), eldest son of the 6th Duke
• William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (1809–1872), only son of the 7th Duke, died unmarried
• Francis Charles Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford (1819–1891), eldest son of Maj.-Gen. Lord George Russell, second son of the 6th Duke
• George William Francis Sackville Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford (1852–1893), eldest son of the 9th Duke, died without legitimate issue issue.
• Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford (1858–1940), second son of the 9th Duke
• Hastings William Sackville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford (1888–1953), only son of the 11th Duke
• John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (1917–2002), eldest son of the 12th Duke
• Henry Robin Ian Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford (1940–2003), eldest son of the 13th Duke
• Andrew Ian Henry Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford (born 1962), eldest son of the 14th Duke

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Henry Robin Charles Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (b. 2005).

Line of succession (simplified)

Line of succession (simplified) [16]

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766–1839) Lord George William Russell (1790–1846) (Francis) Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford (1819–1891) Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford (1858–1940) Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford (1888–1953) Ian Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (1917–2002) Robin Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford (1940–2003) Andrew Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford (born 1962) (1). Henry Robin Charles Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (born 2005) (2). Lord Robin Loel Hastings Russell (born 1963) (3). Lord James Edward Herbrand Russell (born 1975) (4). Alexander Charles Robin Russell (born 2010) (5). Leo William Caspar Russell (born 2013) (6). Lord Rudolf Russell (born 1944) (7). Lord Francis Hastings Russell (born 1950) (8). John Francis Russell (born 1997) (9). Harry Evelyn Terence Russell (born 1999) Lord Hugh Hastings Russell (1923–2005) male issue in line Lord Arthur John Edward Russell (1825–1892) Harold John Hastings Russell (1868–1926) Anthony Arthur Russell (1904–1978) male issue in line Gilbert Byng Alwyne Russell (1875–1942) Martin Basil Paul Russell (1918–2003) male issue in line Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill (1829–1884) Barons Ampthill John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878) Earls Russell Lord Charles James Fox Russell (1807–1894) Henry Charles Russell (1842–1922) Sir Thomas Wentworth Russell (1879–1954) Sir John Wriothesley Russell (1914–1984) male issue in line

Family trees

v t e Family tree: Earls of Bedford, Dukes of Bedford, Earls of Orford, and Earls Russell

King Edward III 1312–1377 John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Duke of Lancaster King Henry IV 1367–1413 Joan Beaufort c. 1379–1440 Countess of Westmorland Duke of Bedford (1st creation), 1414 Duke of Bedford (2nd creation), 1433 King Henry V 1386–1422 John of Lancaster 1389–1435 Duke of Bedford Dukedom of Bedford (1st creation) extinct, 1432 Dukedom of Bedford (2nd creation) extinct, 1435 Catherine of Valois 1401–1437 Owen Tudor 1400–1461 Cecily Neville 1415–1495 Duchess of York Richard Neville 1400–1460 5th Earl of Salisbury Duke of Bedford (5th creation), 1485 King Henry VI 1421–1471 Edmund Tudor c. 1430–1456 1st Earl of Richmond Jasper Tudor c. 1431–1495 Duke of Bedford King Edward IV 1442–1483 King Richard III 1452–1485 John Neville c. 1431–1471 1st Marquess of Montagu Dukedom of Bedford (5th creation) extinct, 1495 Duke of Bedford (4th creation), 1478 Duke of Bedford (3rd creation), 1470 King Henry VII 1457–1509 Elizabeth of York 1466–1503 George Plantagenet 1477–1479 Duke of Bedford George Neville c. 1457–1483 Duke of Bedford Baron Russell, 1539 Earl of Bedford (3rd creation), 1551 Dukedom of Bedford (4th creation) extinct, 1479 Dukedom of Bedford (3rd creation) extinct, 1478 John Russell c. 1485–1555 1st Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell Francis Russell 1527–1585 2nd Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 1603 Edward Russell 1551–1572 Lord Russell John Russell c. 1553–1584 Lord Russell Francis Russell c. 1554–1585 Lord Russell William Russell c. 1558–1613 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh Edward Russell 1572–1627 3rd Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell Francis Russell 1593–1641 4th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of Thornhaugh Duke of Bedford (6th creation) and Marquess of Tavistock, 1694 Baron Howland, 1695 William Russell 1616–1700 1st Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 5th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 3rd Baron Russell of Thornhaugh Edward Russell 1626–1665 Earl of Orford (1st creation), Viscount Barfleur and Baron of Shingay, in the County of Cambridge, 1697 Francis Russell 1638–1679 Lord Russell William Russell 1639–1683 Lord Russell Margaret Russell 1656–1702 Edward Russell 1652–1727 Earl of Orford Robert Walpole 1650–1700 Attainted, 1683 Earldom of Orford (1st creation) extinct, 1727 Earl of Orford (2nd creation), Viscount Walpole and Baron Walpole of Houghton in the County of Norfolk, 1742 Baron Walpole of Wolterton in the County of Norfolk Wriothesley Russell 1680–1711 2nd Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 5th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 6th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh Robert Walpole 1676–1745 1st Earl of Orford, Viscount Walpole, and Baron Walpole of Houghton Horatio Walpole 1678–1757 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton Baron Walpole of Walpole in the County of Norfolk Earl of Orford (3rd creation), 1806 Wriothesley Russell 1708–1732 3rd Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 5th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 7th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh John Russell 1710–1771 4th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 8th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 6th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh Robert Walpole 1701–1751 2nd Earl of Orford, Viscount Walpole, and Baron Walpole of Houghton, 1st Baron Walpole of Walpole Horace Walpole "Horatio" 1717–1797 4th Earl of Orford, Viscount Walpole, and Baron Walpole of Houghton, 3rd Baron Walpole of Walpole Maria Walpole 1725–1801 Horatio Walpole "the Younger" 1723–1809 1st Earl of Orford, 4th Baron Walpole of Walpole, 2nd Baron Walpole of Wolterton Earldom of Orford (2nd creation) extinct, 1797 Francis Russell 1739–1767 styled Marquess of Tavistock George Walpole 1730–1791 3rd Earl of Orford, Viscount Walpole, and Baron Walpole of Houghton, 2nd Baron Walpole of Walpole Francis Russell 1765–1802 5th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 9th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 7th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 7th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh John Russell 1766–1839 6th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 10th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 8th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh William Russell 1767–1840 Sophia Churchill d. 1797 Horatio Walpole 1752–1822 2nd Earl of Orford, 5th Baron Walpole of Walpole, 3rd Baron Walpole of Wolterton Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, 1861 Francis Russell 1788–1861 7th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 11th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 9th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh George William Russell 1790–1846 John Russell 1792–1878 1st Earl Russell Horatio Walpole 1783–1858 3rd Earl of Orford, 6th Baron Walpole of Walpole, 4th Baron Walpole of Wolterton Baron Ampthill, 1881 William Russell 1809–1872 8th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 12th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 10th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh Francis Charles Hastings Russell 1819–1891 9th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 13th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 11th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh Odo William Leopold Russell 1829–1884 1st Baron Ampthill John Russell 1842–1876 Viscount Amberley Horatio Walpole 1813–1858 4th Earl of Orford, 7th Baron Walpole of Walpole, 5th Baron Walpole of Wolterton Robert Walpole 1854–1931 5th Earl of Orford, 8th Baron Walpole of Walpole, 6th Baron Walpole of Wolterton Earldom of Orford (3rd creation) extinct, 1931 George William Francis Sackville Russell 1852–1893 10th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 14th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 12th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh Herbrand Arthur Russell 1858–1940 11th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 15th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 13th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh John Francis Stanley Russell 1865–1931 2nd Earl Russell Bertrand Arthur William Russell 1872–1970 3rd Earl Russell Hastings William Sackville Russell 1888–1953 12th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 16th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 14th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh John Ian Robert Russell 1917–2002 13th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 17th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 15th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh John Conrad Russell 1921–1987 4th Earl Russell Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell 1937–2004 5th Earl Russell Henry Robin Ian Russell 1940–2003 14th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 18th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 16th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh Andrew Ian Henry Russell 15th Duke of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, and Baron Howland 19th Earl of Bedford and Baron Russell, 17th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh b. 1962 Nicholas Lyulph Russell 1968–2014 6th Earl Russell John Francis Russell b. 1971 7th Earl Russell Henry Robin Charles Russell b. 2005 styled Marquess of Tavistock

v t e  Family tree of Royal dukes in the United Kingdom

Includes dukes of: Albany, Albemarle, Bedford, Cambridge, Clarence, Connaught and Strathearn, Cumberland, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Gloucester and Edinburgh, Hereford, Kent, Kintyre and Lorne, Norfolk, Ross, Somerset, Sussex, Windsor, and York, but only when royally. Non-royal dukes are not included; see Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom. Titles mandated for use by the heir apparent (Duke of Rothesay and the 1337 creation of the Duke of Cornwall) are also not included, see Princes of Wales family tree. Robert II 1316–1390 King Edward III 1312–1377 Duke of Albany (1st creation), 1398 Duke of Clarence (1st creation), 1362 Duke of York (1st creation), 1385 Robert III c. 1337–1406 Robert Stewart c. 1340–1420 1st Duke of Albany Edward the Black Prince 1330–1376 Lionel of Antwerp 1338–1368 Duke of Clarence John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Edmund of Langley 1341–1402 1st Duke of York Dukedom of Clarence (1st creation) extinct, 1368 Duke of Cornwall (2nd creation), 1376 Duke of Hereford, 1397 Duke of Gloucester (1st creation), 1385 Murdoch Stewart c. 1362–1425 2nd Duke of Albany Richard of Bordeaux 1367–1400 Duke of Cornwall, later King Richard II Henry Bolingbroke 1367–1413 Duke of Hereford, later King Henry IV Thomas of Woodstock 1355–1397 Duke of Gloucester Dukedom of Albany (1st creation) forfeit, 1425 Dukedom of Cornwall (2nd creation) merged in the crown, 1377 Dukedom of Hereford merged in the crown, 1399 Dukedom of Gloucester (1st creation) extinct, 1397 Duke of Clarence (2nd creation), 1412 Duke of Bedford (1st & 2nd creations), 1414 Duke of Gloucester (2nd creation), 1414 Duke of Albemarle (Aumale) (1st creation), 1397 Thomas of Lancaster 1387–1421 Duke of Clarence John of Lancaster 1389–1435 Duke of Bedford Surrendered dukedom and then regranted, 1433 Humphrey of Lancaster 1390–1447 Duke of Gloucester John Beaufort 1373–1410 Joan Beaufort c. 1379–1440 Edward of Norwich c. 1373–1415 Duke of Aumale, 2nd Duke of York Richard of Conisburgh 1385–1415 Dukedom of Clarence (2nd creation) extinct, 1421 Dukedom of Bedford (2nd creation) extinct, 1435 Dukedom of Gloucester (2nd creation) extinct, 1447 Dukedom of Albemarle (Aumale) (1st creation) forfeit, 1399 Duke of York (1st creation) restored, 1425 Duke of Cornwall (3rd creation), 1460 James I 1394–1437 Joan Beaufort c. 1404–1445 John Beaufort 1404–1444 Richard Neville 1400–1460 Cecily Neville 1415–1495 Richard of York 1411–1460 3rd Duke of York, Duke of Cornwall Duke of Cornwall (3rd creation) extinct, 1460 Duke of Bedford (5th creation), 1485 Duke of Clarence (3rd creation), 1461 Duke of Gloucester (3rd creation), 1461 James II 1430–1460 Jasper Tudor c. 1431–1495 Duke of Bedford Edmund Tudor c. 1430–1456 Lady Margaret Beaufort 1443–1509 John Neville c. 1431–1471 Elizabeth Woodville c. 1437–1492 Prince Edward 1442–1483 4th Duke of York, later King Edward IV George Plantagenet 1449–1478 Duke of Clarence Richard of York 1452–1485 Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III Dukedom of Bedford (5th creation) extinct, 1495 Dukedom of York (1st creation) merged in the Crown, 1461 Dukedom of Clarence (3rd creation) forfeit, 1478 Dukedom of Gloucester (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1483 Duke of Albany (2nd creation), 1458 Duke of Bedford (3rd creation), 1470 Duke of York (2nd creation), 1474 Duke of Norfolk (3rd creation), 1477 Duke of Bedford (4th creation), 1478 Alexander Stewart c. 1454–1485 1st Duke of Albany James III 1451/1452–1488 George Neville 1457–1483 Duke of Bedford King Henry VII 1457–1509 Elizabeth of York 1466–1503 Richard of Shrewsbury 1473–1483 Duke of York, Duke of Norfolk George of York 1477–1479 Duke of Bedford Dukedom of Bedford (3rd creation) forfeit, 1478 Dukedom of York (2nd creation) and Dukedom of Norfolk (3rd creation) extinct, 1483 Dukedom of Bedford (4th creation) extinct, 1479 Duke of Ross (1st creation), 1488 Duke of York (3rd creation), 1494 Duke of Somerset (3rd creation), 1499 John Stewart 1482–1536 2nd Duke of Albany James Stewart 1476–1504 Duke of Ross James IV 1473–1513 Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 Prince Henry 1491–1547 Duke of York, later King Henry VIII Edmund Tudor 1499–1500 Duke of Somerset (nominated but probably not invested) Dukedom of Albany (2nd creation) extinct, 1536 Dukedom of Ross (1st creation) extinct, 1504 Dukedom of York (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1509 Dukedom of Somerset (3rd creation) extinct, 1500 Duke of Ross (2nd creation), 1514 James V 1512–1542 Alexander Stewart 1514–1515 Duke of Ross Duke of Albany (3rd creation), 1565 Dukedom of Ross (2nd creation) extinct, 1515 Henry Stuart 1546–1567 1st Duke of Albany Mary, Queen of Scots 1542–1587 Prince James 1566–1625 2nd Duke of Albany, later King James VI & I Dukedom of Albany (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 1567 Duke of Albany (4th creation), 1604 Duke of York (4th creation), 1605 Duke of Kintyre and Lorne, 1602 Princess Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662 Prince Charles 1600–1649 Duke of Albany, Duke of York, later King Charles I Robert Stuart 1602 Duke of Kintyre and Lorne Dukedom of Albany (4th creation), Dukedom of York (4th creation) merged in the Crown, 1625 Dukedom of Kintyre and Lorne extinct, 1602 Duke of York (5th creation) 1644 Duke of Albany (5th creation), 1660 Duke of Gloucester (4th creation), 1659 Sophia of Hanover 1630–1714 James Stuart 1633–1701 Duke of York, Duke of Albany, later King James II Prince Henry 1640–1660 Duke of Gloucester Dukedom of Albany (5th creation) and Dukedom of York (5th creation) merged in the Crown, 1685 Dukedom of Gloucester (4th creation) extinct, 1660 Duke of York and Albany (1st creation), 1716 Duke of Cambridge (1st creation), 1664 Duke of Kendal (1st creation), 1666 Duke of Cambridge (2nd creation), 1667 King George I 1660–1727 Ernest Augustus 1674–1728 Duke of York and Albany Charles Stuart 1660–1661 styled Duke of Cambridge James Stuart 1663–1667 Duke of Cambridge Queen Anne 1665–1714 Charles Stuart 1666–1667 designated Duke of Kendal Edgar Stuart 1667–1671 Duke of Cambridge Charles Stuart 1677 styled Duke of Cambridge Dukedom of York and Albany (1st creation) extinct, 1728 Dukedom of Cambridge (1st creation) extinct, 1667 Dukedom of Kendal (1st creation), extinct, 1667 Dukedom of Cambridge (2nd creation) extinct, 1671 Duke of Cambridge (3rd creation) Prince George 1683–1760 Duke of Cambridge, later King George II Prince William 1689–1700 styled Duke of Gloucester Dukedom of Cambridge (3rd creation) merged with the Crown, 1727 Duke of Edinburgh (1st creation), 1726 Duke of Cumberland (3rd creation), 1726 Prince Frederick Louis 1707–1751 1st Duke of Edinburgh, styled Duke of Gloucester until created Duke of Edinburgh Prince William Augustus 1721–1765 Duke of Cumberland Dukedom of Cumberland (3rd creation) extinct, 1765 Duke of York and Albany (2nd creation), 1760 Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, 1764 Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1766 Prince George William Frederick 1738–1820 2nd Duke of Edinburgh, later King George III Prince Edward 1739–1767 Duke of York and Albany Prince William Henry 1743–1805 1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Prince Henry 1745–1790 Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn Dukedom of Edinburgh (1st creation), merged in the Crown, 1760 Dukedom of York and Albany (2nd creation) extinct, 1767 Dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh unused, 1805–1816 Dukedom of Cumberland and Strathearn extinct, 1790 Duke of York and Albany (3rd creation), 1784 Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, 1789 Duke of Kent and Strathearn, 1799 Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 1799 Duke of Sussex (1st creation), 1801 Duke of Cambridge (4th creation), 1801 Prince Frederick 1763–1827 Duke of York and Albany Prince William Henry 1765–1837, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, later King William IV Prince Edward 1767–1820 Duke of Kent and Strathearn Ernest Augustus 1771–1851 King of Hanover, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale Prince Augustus Frederick 1773–1843 Duke of Sussex Prince Adolphus 1774–1850 1st Duke of Cambridge Princess Mary 1776–1857 Prince William Frederick 1776–1834 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Dukedom of York and Albany (3rd creation) extinct, 1827 Dukedom of Clarence and St Andrews merged in the Crown, 1830 Dukedom of Kent and Strathearn extinct, 1820 Dukedom of Sussex (1st creation) extinct, 1843 Dukedom of Gloucester and Edinburgh extinct, 1834 Queen Victoria 1819–1901 George V 1819–1878 King of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale Prince George 1819–1904 2nd Duke of Cambridge Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge 1833–1897 Dukedom of Cambridge (4th creation) extinct, 1904 Duke of Edinburgh (2nd creation), 1866 Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1874 Duke of Albany (6th creation), 1881 King Edward VII 1841–1910 Prince Ernest Augustus 1845–1923 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale Princess Alice 1843–1878 Prince Alfred Ernest Albert 1844–1900 Duke of Edinburgh Prince Arthur 1850–1942 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Prince Leopold 1853–1884 1st Duke of Albany Dukedom of Cumberland and Teviotdale forfeit, 1919 Dukedom of Edinburgh (2nd creation) extinct, 1900 Duke of Clarence and Avondale, 1890 Duke of York (6th creation), 1892 Prince Albert Victor 1864–1892 Duke of Clarence and Avondale George Frederick Ernest Albert 1865–1936 Duke of York, later King George V Mary of Teck 1867–1953 Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine 1863–1950 Prince Arthur of Connaught 1883–1938 Dukedom of Clarence and Avondale extinct, 1892 Dukedom of York (6th creation) merged in the Crown, 1910 Duke of Windsor, 1937 Duke of York (7th creation), 1920 Duke of Kent (2nd creation), 1934 Duke of Gloucester (5th creation), 1928 King Edward VIII 1894–1972 Later Duke of Windsor Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George 1895–1952 Duke of York, later King George VI Princess Alice of Battenberg 1885–1969 Prince George 1902–1942 1st Duke of Kent Prince Henry 1900–1974 1st Duke of Gloucester Prince Alastair Arthur 1914–1943 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Prince Charles Edward 1884–1954 2nd Duke of Albany Dukedom of Windsor extinct, 1972 Dukedom of York (7th creation) merged in the Crown, 1936 Dukedom of Connaught and Strathearn extinct, 1943 Dukedom of Albany (6th creation) forfeit, 1919 Duke of Edinburgh (3rd creation), 1947 Queen Elizabeth II 1926–2022 Prince Philip 1921–2021 1st Duke of Edinburgh Prince Edward b. 1935 2nd Duke of Kent Duke of York (8th creation), 1986 Duke of Edinburgh (4th creation), 2023 King Charles III b. 1948 Prince Andrew b. 1960 Duke of York Prince Edward b. 1964 Duke of Edinburgh George Windsor b. 1962 Prince Richard b. 1944 2nd Duke of Gloucester Dukedom of Edinburgh (3rd creation) merged in the Crown, 2022 No male heirs Dukedom of Edinburgh (4th creation) is a life peerage and therefore not hereditary Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Kent Duke of Cambridge (5th creation), 2011 Duke of Sussex (2nd creation), 2018 Prince William b. 1982 Duke of Cambridge Prince Harry Duke of Sussex b. 1984 Edward Windsor b. 1988 Alexander Windsor b. 1974 Heir-apparent to the Dukedom of Gloucester Prince George of Wales b. 2013 Prince Archie of Sussex b. 2019 Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Cambridge Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Sussex

See also

• Baron Russell of Thornhaugh
• Baron de Clifford
• Earl Russell
• Earls of Orford; First creation (1697)
• Baron Ampthill

References

1. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.131; The chief is present in the arms of the modern coat of arms of the London Borough of Camden, because the dukes of Bedford used to own land in the borough (see Bedford Estate)
2. "HERALDRY of the BEDFORD CHAPEL CHENIES". www.middlesex-heraldry.org.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
3. Cracroft – Extinct dukedoms of England ^{[dead link‍]} Archived 17 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
4. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bedford, Earls and Dukes of" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
5. Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
6. James died in Nov. 1505, shortly after his father John, both in 1505, according to Scott Thomson, p. 108; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 48, p. 278, gives James's date of death as between Dec. 1505 and Feb. 1506
7. Scott Thomson, 1930, pp. 110–111
8. Scott Thomson, 1930, pp. 102–3
9. Scott Thomson, 1930, p. 36
10. History of Parliament Online: Members (1422-1504), accessed 2 June 2018. The article on John Herring of Chaldon Herring shall be available through this link when it is published.
11. Municipal Records of the Borough of Dorchester, ed. C. H. Mayo, Exeter: W. Pollard, 1908; no. 517.
12. Scott Thomson, 1930, p. 37
13. Scott Thomson, 1930, p. 39
14. Classic Encyclopedia, based on 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (11th. ed) "Russell (Family)"; Scott Thomson, p. 58
15. The error is repeated in the Dictionary of National Biography
16. Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Bedford, Duke of". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 511–515. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.

External links

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 105.
• Heraldry of the Russell Family Archived 8 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine