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 AMPTHILL — ANCASTEB. 81 Barons. /. The Rt. Hon. Sir Ono "William Leopold Russell, t i^i (ttyled Lord 0<lo William Leopold ltussell), G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Akbassadob to the Emperor of Germany, was, on It March 18S1 a: BARON AMPTHILL of Ampthill, co. Bedford. He was 3rd and yst. s. of Major-Gen. Lord George William ltussell, g.c.b. (br. to Francis Charles Hastings, 9th Duke ok BEDFORD), by Elizabeth Anne, only da. ami h. of the Hon. John Theophilu8 Rawdoh, br. of Francis, 1st Marquess ok Hastings. He we U. 20 Feb. 1829, lit Casa Ilianea, Florence, and Imp. there 25 March. Baptism relr. at Woburn, Beds. Was ed. at Westm. School. Attache at Vienna, 1849 ; Foreign Office, 18.11 ; Attache at Paris, 1852 ; Constantinople, 1S5I : Washington, 1857 ; Florence, 185S; Naples, 1860; Special Service, Home, 18tiO-70 ; Assistant Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1S70-71 ; Ambassador to Berlin, 1871-84, Had royal warrant of precedence as the son > >f a Duke, 25 June, 1872. G.C.B. . 21 Feb. 1S74. G.C.M.G., 24 May 1879. On 11 Mareli 1881 he was sr. a Pkkr, as abovenamerl. He m. 5 May ISiiS". at Watford, Herts, Emily Theresa, 3rd da. of George (Vili.iers), 4th Karl ok CLARENDON, by (Catherine, widow of John Fostkr-Bahuam, da. of Walter James (Grimston), 1st Earl ok Verulam. He d. 25 Aug. 18S4 at his villa at Potsdam, near Berlin, and was bur. 3 Sep. at Chenies, Bucks. His widow was b. 9 Sep. 1S43, at Grosveuor Crescent, Midx. 11. 1884. ■'■ ArtiiuiH Ilivkk Yilliers (Russell), Louo Ampthill, s. and h.. b, 19 Feb. 1S09 at the Palazzo Chigi, Rome. Baptism reg. at the British Embassy there. AXCASTKR Dukes. I, Robert (Bertie), Marquess of LtnDSBY, Earl T 1 71 r > m Lindsev, and Lord Willoughdv ok Kresbv, was, mi 26 July 1715 er. DUKE OF ANCASTER AND KESTEYEN, with a $pec. rem., failing the heirs male of his body, to the heirs male of the body of his rather, Robert, late fi'.c. 3rd] Earl of Liudsey, by Elizabeth his wife, da. of Philip (WHARTON), Lord Wharton. He was s. and h. of the said Earl by the said Elizabeth ( his 2nd wife), and was 4. 20 Oct. 1660. On 27 April 1690, he took his seat in the House nf Lords, having been sum., v. p., on the 19 inst., in his father's Harouv, as LOUD WILLOUGHBY OF ERESBY. On 8 May 1701. he sue. his father as Lord Great CHAMBBBLAtN, and also as EARL OF LINDSEY, and took his seat, as such Earl, on 2S inst. P.C. to Will. Ill and Queen Anne. Lord Lieut, of eo. Lincoln. On 21 Dee. 1706 he was a: MARQUEES OF LINDSEY. Having been one of the Lords Justices during the absence of George 1 in Hanover in 1715, he was roiled to a Dukedom as above. He in. firstly, 30 July 1678 at Westm. Abbey, Mary, da. and sole h. of Sir Richard Wvnx, 1th Bart, of Gwydyr, bv Sarah, da. of Sir Thomas Middleton 1st Bart, of Chirk. She d. 20 Sep. 16S9. He m. secondly, 6 July 1705. Albinia, da. of Major Gen. William Fahrington of Chiselhurst, Kent, by Theodosia, sister and coheir of Sir Edward Betenson, Bart., da. of Richard B. of Scadbury hi Ohislehurst afsd. He d. 26 July 1723 aged 62, and was bur. 16 Aug. at Edenham, co. Lincoln. M.I. Will dat. 23 May 1719, pr., with 3 cods., 1 Apr. 1724. His widow who, in her issue, became (1758) h. to her father, m. James Douglas. She d. 29 July 1745, and was bur. 1 Aug. in Chiselhurst Church, Kent. II. 1723. 2. Peregrine (Bertie), Duke of Ancaster, &c, 2nd but 1st SUIT. s. and h., by 1st wife, b. 29 April, 1686. Vice Chamber- lain to Queen Anne, 1702. Or. D.C.L. at Oxford, 27 Aug. 1702. M.P. for co. Lincoln, 170S-14. Was sum., v.p., 16 March 1714-5 to the House of Lords, in his father's Barouv as LORD WILLOUGHBY OF ERESBY. In 1719 was a Lord of the Bedchamber ; P.C. ; Lord Lieut, of co. Lincoln, 1723 ; Lord Warden and Justice in Evrc of the parts North of Trent, 1734. He m. June 1711, Jane, 1st da. and coheir of Sir John Brownlow of Belton, co. Lincoln, 3rd Bart, by Alice, da. of Richard Sherard of Dopthorpe in that co. She d. at Grimsthorpe, co. Lincoln, 25 Aug. 1736 and was lm: 18 Sep. at Edenham. He d. 1 Jan. 1741-2 and was bur. 13 at Edenham. Will pr. May and Kov. 1742. HI. 1741-2. J. Peregrine (Bertie), Duke of Ancasteh, &a, s. ami h., 6.1714. P.C; Lord Lieut, of co. Lincoln, 1742. Being distinguished