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John 'English Royal Minister' Russell, MP, KG, Ist Earl of Bedford, Lord High Steward, Lord High Admiral, High Sheriff 1485–1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1485

Birth Location: Kingston Russell, West Dorset District, England

Death Date: 14 Mar 1555

Death Location: Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Lord Russell

Mother: Alice Sydenham

Spouse(s): Lady Bedford

Children(s): Francis Bedford

In 1485, John 'English Royal Minister' Russell, MP, KG, Ist Earl of Bedford, Lord High Steward, Lord High Admiral, High Sheriff entered the world in Kingston Russell, West Dorset District, England, born to Lord James Russell And Alice Wyse Lady Of Sydenham. John 'English Royal Minister' Russell, MP, KG, Ist Earl of Bedford, Lord High Steward, Lord High Admiral, High Sheriff married Lady Anne Lady In Waiting To Queen Elizabeth I Sapcote Countess Of Bedford, and had children including Francis Russell 2Nd Earl Of Bedford. John 'English Royal Minister' Russell, MP, KG, Ist Earl of Bedford, Lord High Steward, Lord High Admiral, High Sheriff passed away in 1555 in Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England.

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  • In 1485, John 'English Royal Minister' Russell, MP, KG, Ist Earl of Bedford, Lord High Steward, Lord High Admiral, High Sheriff entered the world in Kingston Russell, West Dorset District, England, born to Lord James Russell And Alice Wyse Lady Of Sydenham.
  • John 'English Royal Minister' Russell, MP, KG, Ist Earl of Bedford, Lord High Steward, Lord High Admiral, High Sheriff married Lady Anne Lady In Waiting To Queen Elizabeth I Sapcote Countess Of Bedford, and had children including Francis Russell 2Nd Earl Of Bedford.
  • John 'English Royal Minister' Russell, MP, KG, Ist Earl of Bedford, Lord High Steward, Lord High Admiral, High Sheriff passed away in 1555 in Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Sheriff's Ancestors

Self
John Sheriff
1485–1555
Birth Place: Kingston Russell, West Dorset District, England
Parents
Lord James Russell
1455–1509
Kingston Russell, Dorset, England
Alice (Wyse, Lady of) Sydenham
1459–1505
Sydenham, Devon, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Russell of Russell Dorset, Knight) 'angnor
1432–1505
Kingston Russell, Dorset, England
Lady (Alice Elizabeth) Froxmere
1432–1515
Droitwich, Worcestershire, England
John Wyse
1429–1460
Sydenham, Devon, England
Thomasine Fulford
1444–1465
Great Fulford, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir knight
1401–1463
Elizabeth 'angnor
1410–1449
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Stephen Baron
1380–1438
Alice Blynchesfield
1380–

John Sheriff's Descendants

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John ('English Royal Minister' Russell, MP, KG, Ist Earl of Bedford, Lord High Steward, Lord High Admiral, High) Sheriff (Apr 1485–14 Mar 1555) m. Lady (Anne "Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I" Sapcote, Countess of) Bedford (1499–14 Mar 1559)
  1. 1. Francis (Russell, 2nd Earl of) Bedford 1527–1585 m. Margaret (Saint John (Gostwick), Countess of) Bedford 1524–1572 m. Bridget (Hussey, Dowager Countess of) Bedford 1526–1600
    1. 1. Alice Russell 1552–1587
    2. 2. John (Russell, Lord Russell, Burgess of) Bridport 1553–1584 m. Elizabeth ("Infamous Lady Hoby") Cooke 1528–1609 m. Elizabeth (Cooke of Gidea) Hall 1549–1609
      1. 1. Anne (Russell, Countess of) Worcester 1578–1639 m. Henry (Adelbert Somerset ( Plantagenet de Beaufort), Duke of Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester, 1st Marquess of) Worcester 1577–1646
        1. 1. Sir (John) Somerset 1610–1630 m. Mary (Arundel-Howard, "Namesake of Somerset County,) Maryland" 1608–1638
        2. 2. Edward (Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester; 6th Earl of Worcester; 1st Earl of Glamorgan; 8th Baron Herbert; 1st Baron Beaufort of) Caldecote. 1602–1667 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Dormer 1614–1635
        3. 3. Henry Somerset 1608–1628
        4. 4. Elizabeth Somerset 1584–1684 m. Lord (Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount of Montague, English Civil War: Royalist &) Catholic 1615–1682
    3. 3. Lady (Anne Russell) (Dudley) 1548–1604
    4. 4. William (Russell, 1st Baron Russell of) Thornhaugh 1558–1613
    5. 5. Edward Russell 1551–1572
    6. 6. Lord (Francis) Russell 1550–1585

John Sheriff's Timeline

2 Records

1485
Apr 1485
Birth of John 'English Royal Minister' Russell, MP, KG, Ist Earl of Bedford, Lord High Steward, Lord High Admiral, High Sheriff in Kingston Russell, West Dorset District, England
Kingston Russell, West Dorset District, England
1555
14 Mar 1555
Age 70
Death of John 'English Royal Minister' Russell, MP, KG, Ist Earl of Bedford, Lord High Steward, Lord High Admiral, High Sheriff in Russell House, Strand, Middlesex, England
Russell House, Strand, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1485
    Event Place: Kingston Russell, West Dorset District, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 17; Page: 444
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Mar 1555
    Event Place: Russell House, Strand, Middlesex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 17; Page: 444
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

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