RUSSELL, WRIOTHESLEY, SECOND DUKE OF BEDFORD
Arms.—Arg., a lion rampant gu., on a chief sa., 3 escallops of the first.
Coronet.—That of a Duke.
[Knolles. Turkish History. London, 1701.]
Wriothesley Russell (born 1st November 1680, died 26th May 1711) was the son of William Russell, second son of William Russell, first Duke of Bedford. His mother was Rachel, daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. In 1700 Wriothesley Russell succeeded to the Dukedom on the death of his grandfather the first Duke. He was educated at Oxford, and in 1701 was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and acted as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, of Cambridgeshire, and of Middlesex. He was Lord High Constable at the coronation of Queen Anne, on which occasion he was made a Knight of the Garter.
Through Rachel Wriothesley the Manors of Bloomsbury and St. Giles-in-the-Fields came into possession of the Russell family, and for a long time they lived at Bedford House, which occupied the site now forming the northern side of Bloomsbury Square.
SACKVILLE, EDWARD, FOURTH EARL OF DORSET
Crest.—Out of an heraldic coronet ppr., an estoile of 8 points arg.