Lord Edward Russell

(1805-1887)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Russell, Lord Edward (1805–1887), naval officer LBT ID: EdRusse1887	B/BAP: 1805-04-24 DIED: 1887-05-21
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
The second son of John Russell, sixth duke of Bedford (1766–1839); pursuing a naval career he was also secretary to his brother, Lord John Russell, and Whig MP for Tavistock (1846-50).
REFERENCES TO Lord Edward Russell: John Gibson Lockhart to James Hope-Scott, 11 January 1851 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 22: 1850-53