Lord Wriothesley Russell
Lord Wriothesley Russell MA was an Anglican cleric and aristocrat from the Russell family who was Canon of Windsor from 1840 to 1886.
Biography
Lord Wriothesley was born in 1804 in St James's, Westminster, the fourth son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, and first with his second wife, Lady Georgiana Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon.He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and was awarded MA in 1829. He was chaplain to Prince Albert.
He was appointed:
- Rector of St Michael's Church, Chenies, Buckinghamshire, 1829
- Rector of Streatham, Surrey, 1830
- Canon of the Ninth Stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, 1840
- Deputy Clerk of the Closet to Queen Victoria, 1850
Personal life
Lord Wriothesley married his first cousin, Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell. They had three children:- Alfred John Russell
- Algernon Wriothesley Russell
- Evelyn Mary Eliza Russell