William Godwin's Diary

Russell, Francis (fifth duke of Bedford)

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1796

31  December  1796

1802

2  March  1802

  • Name: Russell, Francis (fifth duke of Bedford)
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 23  July  1765
  • Death Date: 2  March  1802
  • Occupation: agriculturist
  • Occupation: politician

Bedford was a great supporter of Charles James Fox and close friend of the Prince of Wales. His abrasive attack on Burke - for accepting a pension from Pitt's government - prompted Burke's famous pamphlet A Letter to a Noble Lord (1796). Godwin records his death.

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Hanger, George (Baron Coleraine) 1
Maxwell, William 1
Perry, James (Pirie) 1
Stanley, Earl of Derby Edward 1
Tarleton, Sir Banastre (baronet) 1
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