Lord Alexander Russell
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General
Lord Alexander George Russell GCB
(16 September 1821 – 10 January 1907) was the son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
and his second wife, the Duchess of Bedford, Georgina (or Georgiana) Gordon Russell, although it has been claimed that Lord Alexander Russell's father was actually the Victorian painter Sir Edwin Landseer, who conducted a lengthy affair with the Duchess of Bedford. Lord Russell was a British Army general who had been a Colonel in the Rifle Brigade and served during the Siege of Sevastapol in the Crimean War
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Lord Alexander was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
(GCB), having previously been a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He did not, however, become Sir Alexander Russell since he already held the higher title of Lord due to his father being first a Marquess and later a Duke.
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
Lord Alexander George Russell GCB
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(16 September 1821 – 10 January 1907) was the son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, LLD, FSA , known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician and notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents...
and his second wife, the Duchess of Bedford, Georgina (or Georgiana) Gordon Russell, although it has been claimed that Lord Alexander Russell's father was actually the Victorian painter Sir Edwin Landseer, who conducted a lengthy affair with the Duchess of Bedford. Lord Russell was a British Army general who had been a Colonel in the Rifle Brigade and served during the Siege of Sevastapol in the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
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Life
Lord Alexander married Anne Emily Worsley Holmes on 3 July 1844 and the couple had two children:- Alexander Gordon Russell (11 July 1854–4 June 1917); became a Captain in the British ArmyBritish ArmyThe British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
- Leonard George Russell (6 June 1858–7 April 1946; became a Major in the British ArmyBritish ArmyThe British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
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Lord Alexander was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(GCB), having previously been a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He did not, however, become Sir Alexander Russell since he already held the higher title of Lord due to his father being first a Marquess and later a Duke.
Titles
- Lord Alexander Russell (1821-?)
- Lord Alexander Russell CB (?-?)
- Lord Alexander Russell GCB (?-1907)