Lord William Russell

(1767-1840)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Russell, William, Lord, 1767-1840 NRA: Russell Lord William (1767-1840) Diplomat LBT ID: WiRusse1840 VIAF ID: 83530028 LOC ID: nb2009006405	B/BAP: 1767-08-20 DIED: 1840-05-06
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (August 1840) 204-05; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The son of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock; educated at Westminster School, he was MP for Surrey (1798-1807) and Tavistock (1807-19, 1826-30). He was murdered by his valet.
REFERENCES TO Lord William Russell: Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin, 24 July 1788 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 2 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 9 March 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 21 April 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 10 November 1837 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. II. 1785-1788 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch X: 1814-15 Found 1: ¶ n1 Ch. V: 1827 Found 1: ¶ n1 Ch XIV: 1837-38 Found 1: ¶ n5