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Lord Alexander Russell

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Russell married Anne Emily Worsley Holmes, daughter of Sir Leonard Worsley Holmes, 9th Baronet, on 3 July 1844. They had two children:
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Russell joined the Army on 11 July 1839 when he purchased a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the
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Lady Alexander Russell died in October 1906. Russell survived her by only three months and died at
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Alexander Gordon Russell (11 July 1854 – 4 June 1917); became a captain in the
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Leonard George Russell (6 June 1858 – 7 April 1946); became a major in the
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Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage
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in May 1883 and was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the
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The Hon. Gertrude Leveson-Gower 481:John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower 244:. He had three sisters, including 25: 1497:8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot 559:John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford 390:John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 210:John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford 1609:Burials at St Michael's, Chenies 1594:People from Woburn, Bedfordshire 862:Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon 27:British Army general (1821–1907) 1311:Landseer: The Victorian Paragon 260:. Russell was a Colonel in the 161: 1507:George William Powlett Bingham 1462:Sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall 1389:. 27 April 1883. p. 2241. 234:John Russell, 1st Earl Russell 1: 1517:Sir Arthur Johnstone Lawrence 1313:(London: Hamilton, 1976), 28. 177:Lord Alexander George Russell 1536:Sir Arthur Frederick Warren 892:25. Lady Henrietta Mordaunt 1630: 1415:GOC South-Eastern District 1166: 1045: 1037: 926: 813: 809: 686: 576: 568: 534:19. 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Elizabeth Howland 321:St Michael's, Chenies 212:and his second wife, 208:, the seventh son of 242:Lord Charles Russell 200:Russell was born at 1452:Frederick Elrington 266:Siege of Sevastapol 238:Lord Edward Russell 232:and Prime Minister 230:Lord George Russell 186:Siege of Sevastapol 1387:The London Gazette 1243:31. Catharine Tait 1214:15. Magdalen Blair 769:23. Anne Brudenell 276:in April 1877 and 222:Sir Edwin Landseer 1542: 1541: 1533:Succeeded by 1504:Succeeded by 1476:Succeeded by 1449:Succeeded by 1422:Succeeded by 1400:Military offices 1309:Campbell Lennie, 1293: 1292: 1289: 1288: 1191:30. William Blair 282:Order of the Bath 171: 170: 77:16 September 1821 16:(Redirected from 1621: 1514:Preceded by 1486:Preceded by 1459:Preceded by 1432:Preceded by 1425:Edward Newdegate 1419:1877–1880 1405:Preceded by 1397: 1391: 1390: 1379: 1373: 1372: 1370: 1368: 1362: 1356:. 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Index

Alexander George Russell
GCB

Woburn
Woodeaton
British Army
General
Rifle Brigade
Crimean War
General
GCB
Siege of Sevastapol
Crimean War
Woburn Abbey
Bedfordshire
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
Lady Georgina (or Georgiana) Gordon
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
Sir Edwin Landseer
Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford
Lord George Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Lord Edward Russell
Lord Charles Russell
Louisa Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn
Rifle Brigade
Rifle Brigade
Siege of Sevastapol
Crimean War
South-Eastern District

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