NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1788-1861 NRA: Russell Francis (1788-1861) 7th Duke of Bedford LBT ID: DuBedfo7 VIAF ID: 88439707 LOC ID: nb2009010575 | B/BAP: 1788-05-13 DIED: 1861-05-14 |
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Son of the sixth Duke (d. 1839); he took an MA from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1808
and served as Whig MP for Peterborough between 1809 and 1812 and for Bedfordshire between
1812 and 1832. He succeeded to the title in 1833. | |