Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford, held other titles as follows:
5th Marquess of Tavistock
9th Earl of Bedford
9th Baron Russell
7th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh
5th Baron Howland
Francis Russell was born on 27 September 1739.[1]
He was the only surviving son of John, 4th Duke of Bedford, and his wife, Gertrude Leveson Gower, the daughter of John, 1st Earl Gower.[1]
Frances was educated at Westminster in 1749; then Trinity College, Cambridge from 1757-9.[1]
He served in the militia and was a Member of Parliament for Armagh Borough in Ireland from 1759 until 1760, then Bedfordshire in Great Britain's House of Commons between 1 April 1761 and 22 March 1767.[1]
He married on 9 June 1764, Lady Elizabeth, the daughter of William Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle. They lived at Houghton Park House, near Ampthill, Bedfordshire, which his father gave him.[1] They had 3 sons, one of whom was born posthumously.[1]
Tavistock's skull was fractured when his horse kicked him after he'd been thrown while hunting on 10 March 1767, and he died 12 days later.[1]
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