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Authorised form of nameRussell; John (1710 - 1771); 4th Duke of Bedford
Dates1710 - 1771
Date of birth30 September 1710
Date of death15 January 1771
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Chenies, Buckinghamshire
ActivityCareer:
First Lord of the Admiralty 1744-48; Privy Counsellor; Lord Justice of Great Britain in 1745, 1748, 1750;

Honours:
KG 1749
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/03/1742
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Daniels, P, Ramsay, Ross, Ramsay G; the George II busts and Historic Wall Brackets: The motivations, symbolism and technology by which the models can be dated to 1745-6 and attributed to the first Bow factory in Middlesex'. 2013 p57
CodeNA825
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