Lord Wriothesley Russell MA (11 May 1804 – 6 April 1886) was a Canon of Windsor from 1840 to 1886

Family

He was born on 11 May 1804, the fourth son of

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, (6 July 1766 – 20 October 1839), known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician who notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was the fathe ...

, and his wife, the former Georgiana Gordon, daughter of

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. He married his second cousin, Elizabeth Henrietta Russell (born in 1806). They had three children: * Alfred John Russell (13 Aug 1833 – 11 Feb 1857) * Algernon Wriothesley Russell (30 Aug 1835 – 19 Feb 1908) * Evelyn Mary Eliza Russell (5 May 1837 – 5 Dec 1913)

Career

He was educated at

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and was awarded MA in 1829. He was appointed: * Rector of Streatham, Surrey * Rector of St Michael's Church,

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, Buckinghamshire 1829 *

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Salisbury and Winchester Journal – Saturday 25 June 1859 p.2 He was appointed to the ninth stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ...

in 1840, a position he held until he resigned in 1886. Rev. Russell and his wife are buried in the churchyard of

St Michael's, Chenies St Michael's Church at Chenies, Buckinghamshire, is a Grade I listed Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Oxford in England. It is not of great architectural interest but stands in an attractive position in the Chess Valley near the Chenies Man ...

, together with other members of the Russell family.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Wriothesley 1804 births 1886 deaths Canons of Windsor Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge W Younger sons of dukes