Lord Charles Russell

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.

Cricket An amateur cricketer, Russell played for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1833 and 1846.

Career Russell was a Lieutenant-Colonel in both the 52nd Regiment and the Royal Horse Guards. In 1848 he was appointed Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons, which he remained until 1875.

Family Russell married Isabella Clarissa, daughter of William Griffith Davies, in 1834. They had two sons: Henry Charles Russell (the father of Thomas Wentworth Russell) and George W. E. Russell, as well as three daughters. Lady Charles Russell died in June 1884. Russell survived her by ten years and died in June 1894, aged 87.

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