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5 days ago · The history of the Bedford estates in the nineteenth century is recorded in detail in letters be tween the Dukes and their officers, and by a series of annual reports, beginning in 1815, which the latter regularly submitted to their employers. These reports show that the Dukes' income was enormous and that between 1816 and 1892 it almost trebled.
4 days ago · From 1700 to 1802. During the eighteenth century there were four Dukes of Bedford. In 1694 the fifth Earl had been raised to the dukedom as a mark of honour for his eldest son, William, Lord Russell, who had been beheaded in 1683 for his supposed complicity in the Rye House Plot.
5 days ago · Due to the new king's age, a regency government was formed by Henry's surviving brothers, John, Duke of Bedford, and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. This acted as the sole governing force of England and its possessions in France until Henry VI came of age in 1437.
2 days ago · The estate is marked on the plan on Plates 74 and 75 as belonging to the Duke of Bedford. The rest of the Manor continued to be held by the Chute family until 1699, when the family's trustees sold it to (Sir) John Thornycroft.
6 days ago · Bedford, city, Bedford unitary authority, historic county of Bedfordshire, England, in the fertile valley of the River Ouse. A Roman fording station and a Saxon town (cemetery of Kempston), it was recaptured by the Anglo-Saxon sovereign Edward the Elder (ruled 899–924) from the Danes in 914.
6 days ago · A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1912. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1912. This free content was digitised by double rekeying .
Apr 5, 2024 · Russell was the third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. (As the younger son of a peer, he was known for most of his life as Lord John Russell; he himself was created earl in 1861.) He thus came of a family that had long demonstrated its public spirit. The depth of his liberalism probably owed much to an untypical education.
