BEDFORD

Francis Ru ell , 7 Duke of ( eld. child of John Ru ell 6 Duke of Bedford 1766–1839 ). b. 13 May 1788; ed. at Westminster and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1808; M.P. for Beds. 1812 to 1832; summoned to House of Lords as Baron How land 15 Jany. 1833; succeeded as 7 Duke 20 Oct. 1839; P.C. 6 July 1846; K.G. 26 March 1847; lord lieutenant of Beds. 29 Nov. 1859; high steward of Cambridge 1860; master of the Oakley hounds to 1828 when he sold the pack to Lord Southampton for £2,000, master again 1836–39. d. Woburn Abbey, Beds. 14 May 1861. Baily’s Mag. i , 57–59 (1860), portrait ; Waagen’s Treasures of Art ii , 283–86, iii , 463–74 and iv . 331–37.