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Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford 1715–1794 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 February 1715

Birth Location: Trentham, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 7 July 1794

Death Location: Saint Michael's Church, Chenies, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Gower

Mother: Evelyn Gower

Spouse(s): John FRS

Children(s): Francis Tavistock, Caroline Marlborough

Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford was born in 1715 in Trentham, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Leveson Gower 1St Earl Gower And Evelyn Pierrepont Countess Of Gower. Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford married John Russell 4Th Duke Of Bedford Kg Pc Frs, and had children including Caroline Russell Marlborough Duchess Of Marlborough, Francis Russell Marquess Of Tavistock. Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford passed away in 1794 in Saint Michael's Church, Chenies, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford was born in 1715 in Trentham, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Leveson Gower 1St Earl Gower And Evelyn Pierrepont Countess Of Gower.
  • Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford married John Russell 4Th Duke Of Bedford Kg Pc Frs, and had children including Caroline Russell Marlborough Duchess Of Marlborough, Francis Russell Marquess Of Tavistock.
  • Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford passed away in 1794 in Saint Michael's Church, Chenies, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Gower
1694–1754
Birth Location: Stittenham, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Evelyn Gower
1691–1727
Birth Location: Thoresby Hall, Budby, Perlethorpe-cum-Budby, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

John FRS
1710–1771
Birth Location: Streatham, Lambeth, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
JF

Children(s)

Francis Tavistock
1739–1767
Birth Location: Bloomsbury, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Caroline Marlborough
1742–1811
Birth Location: Bromley, London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England
CM

Gertrude Bedford's Ancestors

Self
Gertrude Bedford
1715–1794
Birth Place: Trentham, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John LEVESON-GOWER 1st Earl Gower
1694–1754
Stittenham, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Evelyn (PIERREPONT Countess Of) Gower
1691–1727
Thoresby Hall, Budby, Perlethorpe-cum-Budby, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (I (1st Baron Gower)) Leveson-Gower
1675–1709
Stittenham, Yorkshire, England
Katherine, (Baroness Gower,) Manners
1675–1722
Evelyn (PIERREPONT 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull KG) PC
1664–1726
Thoresby Hall, Budby, Perlethorpe-cum-Budby, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary Feilding
1668–1697
Knockin, Knockin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Willem LEVESON-GOWER
1644–1691
Jane, Granville
1653–1696
Robert PIERREPONT
1636–1669
Elizabeth EVELYN
1638–1698
William Desmond
1640–1685
Mary King
1630–1669
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Stittenham
1605–1672
Frances Gower
1610–1658
John EVELYN
1601–1685
Elizabeth COXES
1606–1658

Gertrude Bedford's Descendants

1.
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Gertrude (LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of) Bedford (15 February 1715–7 July 1794) m. John (RUSSELL 4th Duke of Bedford KG PC) FRS (30 September 1710–30 January 1771)
  1. 1. Francis (RUSSELL Marquess of) Tavistock 1739–1767 m. Elizabeth KEPPEL 1739–1768
    1. 1. John (RUSSELL 6th Duke of) Bedford 1766–1839 m. Georgiana (Elizabeth BYNG Dutchess Of) Bedford 1768–1801 m. Georgiana Gordon 1781–1853
      1. 1. Louisa RUSSELL 1812–1905 m. James (HAMILTON 1st Duke of Abercorn, KG,) PC 1811–1885
        1. 1. James (HAMILTON 2nd Duke of) Abercorn 1838–1913 m. Mary (Anna) Curzon-Howe 1848–1929
  2. 2. Caroline (RUSSELL MARLBOROUGH Duchess of) Marlborough 1742–1811 m. George (Charles SPENCER CHURCHILL 4th Duke of Marlborough, Earl of Sunderland, Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, Baron Churchill of) Sandridge 1738–1817
    1. 1. George (SPENCER CHURCHILL 5th Duke of) Marlborough 1766–1840 m. Susan (STEWART Duchess of) Marlborough 1767–1841
      1. 1. George (SPENCER CHURCHILL 6th Duke of) Marlborough 1793–1857 m. Jane (Stewart of) Galloway 1798–1844
        1. 1. John (Winston SPENCER CHURCHILL KG) PC 1822–1883 m. Frances (Anne Emily) Vane 1822–1899

Gertrude Bedford's Timeline

4 Records

1715
15 February 1715
Birth of Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford in Trentham, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Trentham, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1737
2 April 1737
Age 22
Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford was married in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1794
1 July 1794
Age 79
Death of Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford in Chenies Manor, Chenies, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Chenies Manor, Chenies, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
1794
7 July 1794
Age 79
Burial of Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER Duchess of Bedford in Saint Michael's Church, Chenies, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Saint Michael's Church, Chenies, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 February 1715
    Event Place: Trentham, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 2 April 1737
    Event Place: Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 11 March 1714
    Event Place: Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 July 1794
    Event Place: Chenies Manor, Chenies, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 7 July 1794
    Event Place: Saint Michael's Church, Chenies, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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