816 George Russell aka Marquis of Tavistock

Constituency : Bedfordshire  1875-85

George  came  in  at  Bedfordshire  when  Francis  Bassett  made  way  for  him.

George  was  the  son  and  heir  of  the  Duke  of  Bedford. He  was  educated  at  Oxford  and  became  a  barrister.  George  had  been  in  India  and  acknowledged  an  Indian  daughter  who  lived  on  the  Russell  estates  until  marriage.

George  did  not  speak  in  the  Commons.

George  stepped  down  when  his  seat  was  abolished  in  1885.

In  1891  George  became  Duke. He  died  two  years  later  from  diabetes  aged  40.