Lord Charles Russell Vanity Fair 12 April 1873

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

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, by his second wife Lady Georgiana, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon.

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and

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were his elder half-brothers and

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and

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Cricket

An amateur

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er, Russell played

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for the

Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...

between 1833 and 1846.

Career

Russell was a

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in both the 52nd Regiment and the Royal Horse Guards. In 1832 he was returned to Parliament for

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council ...

, a seat he held until 1841 and again briefly in 1847. In 1848 he was appointed Serjeant-at-Arms of the

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, which he remained until 1875.

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.

Ancestry

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