Francis Russell, fifth duke of Bedford

(1766-1802)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802 NRA: Russell Francis (1765-1802) 5th Duke of Bedford DNB: Russell, Francis, fifth duke of Bedford (1765-1802), agriculturist and politician LBT ID: DuBedfo5 VIAF ID: 17213498 LOC ID: n88138968	B/BAP: 1766-09-30 DIED: 1802-03-02
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The elder son of Francis Russell, marquess of Tavistock; he succeeded his succeeded his grandfather in the title in 1771 and was a supporter of Charles James Fox.
REFERENCES TO Francis Russell, fifth duke of Bedford: Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 29 August 1798 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 3 Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Melbourne, [Janury 1802] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Found 1: ¶ 4 Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Melbourne, [February 1802?] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Found 6: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ 4 ¶ 6 ¶ 9 ¶ n1 Duchess of Devonshire? to Lady Melbourne, [February 1802?] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Found 1: ¶ 1 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XVI. 1776-1790 Found 1: ¶ 9 Ch X. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 25 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. V. 1797 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 12 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. V: 1827 Found 1: ¶ n1 Airlie, Mabell, Countess of, 1866-1956, In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Chapter I. Found 2: ¶ 16 ¶ 23 Chapter II. Found 7: ¶ 5 ¶ 7 ¶ 8 ¶ 9 ¶ 10 ¶ 13 ¶ n1 Chapter IX. Found 1: ¶ 55