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Major-General Lord George William Russell (8 May 1790 – 16 July 1846) was a British soldier, politician and diplomat.

The second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and brother of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lord Russell, he sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for UK Parliament constituency from 1812 until 1830.

Russell married Elizabeth Anne Rawdon, direct descendant of the House of York through her grandmother Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira, and the couple were the parents of Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford, Lord Arthur John Edward Russell and Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill.

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  • Lloyd, E.M. & Seccombe, T. "Russell, Lord George William (1790–1846)", rev. James Falkner, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], <accessed 28 Feb 2006> (subscription required)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Samuel Whitbread
William Lee-Antonie
Member of Parliament for Bedford
1812–1830
With: Samuel Whitbread 1812–1815,
Hon. William Waldegrave 1815–1818,
William Henry Whitbread 1818–1830
Succeeded by
William Henry Whitbread
Frederick Polhill
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Sir George Shee, Bt
British Minister to Prussia
1835–1841
Succeeded by
Lord Burghersh
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