Talk:Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
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Date of Birth: edit
the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004) (Vol. 48, p. 241), gives the date (from baptismal records) of baptism of the fourth Earl of Bedford, Francis Russell, son of William Russell, first Baron of Thornhaugh and Elizabeth (Long), daughter of Henry Long of Shingay, Cambridgeshire, as that of 19 OCTOBER 1587 (at St. Mary's, Watford, Hertfordshire). The fourth earl was an ancestor of the philosopher and mathematician, Bertrand Arthur William RUSSELL, the third Earl Russell (1872-1970), son of John RUSSELL, Viscount Amberley (1842-1876) and Katharine Louisa STANLEY (1844-1874) through John RUSSELL (1710-1771), Francis RUSSELL (1739-1767). John RUSSELL, KG (1766-1839) and Bertrand Russell's paternal grandfather, John RUSSELL (1792-1878). 51.140.123.26 (talk) 15:06, 12 April 2019 (UTC)