Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Diana SPENCER
Sex: F
Death: 27 Sep 1735 in Southampton House ^d
Burial: 9 Oct 1735 in Chenies ^u

Parents:

Father:
Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland Birth: Abt 1674 Death: 19 Apr 1722 in Sunderland House, Piccadilly

Mother:

Anne CHURCHILL Birth: 27 Feb 1682/3 Death: 15 Apr 1716

Family:
Marriage:

John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford on 11 Oct 1731 .^m1
John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford Birth: 30 Sep 1710 Death: 14 Jan 1771 in Bedford House, Bloomsbury

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: CP II p82, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p108]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p83, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p108],
place:: [Ref: CP II p83]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p83],
place:: [Ref: CP II p83]

Sources with Information about marriage to John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford

date:: [Ref: CP II p82, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p108]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Diana SPENCER
                                                                /-----Sir William SPENCER
                                                       /-----Sir John SPENCER
                                                      |         \-----Susan KNIGHTLEY
                                              /-----Sir John SPENCER
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Thomas KITSON
                                             |         \-----Katherine KITSON
                                     /-----Robert SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Robert CATELIN
                                    |         \-----Mary CATELIN
                            /-----William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
                           |        |         /-----Sir Francis WILLOUGHBY
                           |         \-----Margaret WILLOUGHBY
                           |                 |         /-----Sir John LYTTELTON
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth LYTTELTON
                   /-----Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland
                  |        |                                    /-----William WRIOTHESLEY
                  |        |                           /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
                  |        |                          |         \-----Agnes DRAYTON
                  |        |                  /-----Henry WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----William CHENEY
                  |        |                 |         \-----Jane CHENEY
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Emma WALWYN
                  |        |         /-----Henry WROTTESLEY, Earl of Southampton
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G.
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G., Viscount Montague
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice GAGE
                  |        |        |         \-----Mary BROWNE
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert RADCLIFF, K.G., Earl of Sussex
                  |        |        |                  \-----Jane RADCLIFFE
                  |        |        |                           \-----Margaret STANLEY
                  |         \-----Penelope WROTTESLEY
                  |                 |         /-----John VERNON
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth VERNON
                  |                          |                  /-----Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
                  |                          |        |         \-----Mary GREY
                  |                           \-----Elizabeth DEVEREUX
                  |                                   |         /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
                  |                                    \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
                  |                                             \-----Anne STAFFORD
          /-----Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland
         |        |                           /-----Sir Henry SIDNEY, K.G.
         |        |                  /-----Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Edmund DUDLEY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----John DUDLEY, K.G., Duke Of Northumberland
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GREY, Baroness Lisle
         |        |                 |         \-----Mary DUDLEY
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Edward GUILFORD
         |        |                 |                  \-----Jane GUILFORD
         |        |                 |                           \-----Eleanor WEST
         |        |         /-----Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
         |        |        |        |         /-----John GAMAGE
         |        |        |         \-----Barbara GAMAGE
         |         \-----Dorothy SIDNEY
         |                 |                                    /-----Henry Algernon PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas PERCY
         |                 |                          |         \-----Catherine SPENCER
         |                 |                  /-----Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----(Unk) HARBOTTLE
         |                 |                 |         \-----Eleanor HARBOTTLE
         |                 |         /-----Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----John NEVILL, Lord Latimer
         |                 |        |        |         /-----John NEVILLE, Lord Latimer
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Dorothy VERE
         |                 |        |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Henry SOMERSET, Earl Of Worcester
         |                 |        |                  \-----Lucy SOMERSET
         |                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth BROWNE
         |                  \-----Dorothy PERCY
         |                          |                           /-----Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
         |                          |                 |         \-----Mary GREY
         |                          |         /-----Walter DEVEREUX, Earl Of Essex
         |                          |        |        |         /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
         |                          |        |         \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
         |                          |        |                  \-----Anne STAFFORD
         |                           \-----Dorothy DEVEREUX
         |                                   |                  /-----Robert KNOLLYS
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G.
         |                                   |        |         \-----Lettice PEYNSTON
         |                                    \-----Lettice KNOLLYS
         |                                            |         /-----Henry VIII TUDOR, King Of England
         |                                             \-----Katherine CARY
         |                                                      \-----Mary BOLEYN
/-----Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland
|        |                           /-----Sir George DIGBY
|        |                  /-----John DIGBY, Earl of Bristol
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Arthur HEVANINGHAM
|        |                 |         \-----Abigail HEVANINGHAM
|        |         /-----George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol
|        |        |        |         /-----Charles WALCOTT
|        |        |         \-----Beatrice WALCOTT
|         \-----Anne DIGBY
|                 |                                             /-----James RUSSELL
|                 |                                    /-----John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
|                 |                                   |         \-----Alice WYSE
|                 |                           /-----Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Guy SAPCOTE
|                 |                          |         \-----Anne SAPCOTE
|                 |                          |                  \-----Margaret WOLSTON
|                 |                  /-----William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John St JOHN
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John St JOHN
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Sybil Ferch Morgan
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret St JOHN
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William WALDEGRAVE, K.B.
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret WALDEGRAVE
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margery WENTWORTH
|                 |         /-----Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford
|                 |        |        |         /-----Henry LONG
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth LONG
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Nicholas CLARKE
|                 |        |                  \-----Dorothy CLARKE
|                  \-----Anne RUSSELL
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Giles BRUGGE, Lord Chaundos
|                          |                           /-----Sir John BRUGGE, Lord Chandos
|                          |                          |         \-----Isabel BAYNHAM
|                          |                  /-----Sir Edmund BRUGGE, K.G., Lord Chandos
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Edmund GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                          |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GREY
|                          |                 |                  \-----Florence HASTINGS
|                          |         /-----Giles BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley
|                          |        |        |                  /-----John BRAY
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye
|                          |        |         \-----Dorothy BRAY
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Richard HALLYWELL
|                          |        |                  \-----Jane HALLYWELL
|                          |        |                           \-----Jane NORBURY
|                           \-----Catharine BRYDGES
|                                   |                           /-----John CLINTON-FIENNES, Lord Clinton
|                                   |                  /-----Thomas CLINTON-FIENNES, Lord Clinton
|                                   |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MORGAN
|                                   |         /-----Sir Edward FIENNES De CLINTON, K.G., Earl of Clint
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward POYNINGS, K.G.
|                                   |        |         \-----Joan POYNINGS
|                                   |        |                  \-----Rose WHETHILL
|                                    \-----Frances CLINTON
|                                            |                  /-----Edward STOURTON, Lord Stourton
|                                            |         /-----William STOURTON, Lord Stourton
|                                            |        |         \-----Agnes FAUNTLEROY
|                                             \-----Ursula STOURTON
|                                                     |         /-----Edmund DUDLEY
|                                                      \-----Elizabeth DUDLEY
|                                                               \-----Anne WINDSOR
Diana SPENCER
|                                                               /-----William CHURCHILL
|                                                      /-----Roger CHURCHILL
|                                                     |         \-----Mary CREUSE
|                                             /-----Matthew CHURCHILL
|                                            |        |         /-----William PEVERELL
|                                            |         \-----Jane PEVERELL
|                                    /-----Jasper CHURCHILL
|                                   |        |         /-----James GOULD
|                                   |         \-----Alice GOULD
|                           /-----John CHURCHILL
|                          |        |         /-----John CHAPLET
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth CHAPLET
|                  /-----Sir Winston CHURCHILL
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Henry WINSTON
|                 |         \-----Sarah WINSTON
|         /-----John CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough
|        |        |         /-----Sir John DRAKE
|        |         \-----Elizabeth DRAKE
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Philip BOTELER
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir John BOTELER
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth DRURY
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry BOTELER
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William ROCHE
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Grizel ROCHE
|        |                 |         /-----John BOTELER, Lord Boteler of Brantfield
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert WALLER
|        |                 |        |         \-----Catharine WALLER
|        |                  \-----Eleanor BOTELER
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir John VILLIERS
|        |                          |                  /-----William VILLIERS
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Agnes DIGBY
|        |                          |         /-----Sir George VILLIERS
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Richard CLARKE
|        |                          |        |         \-----Coletta CLARKE
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth VILLIERS
|        |                                   |         /-----William SAUNDERS
|        |                                    \-----Audrey SAUNDERS
\-----Anne CHURCHILL
         |                                    /-----Ralph JENNINGS
         |                           /-----Sir John JENNINGS
         |                          |        |         /-----Ralph ROWLATT
         |                          |         \-----Joan ROWLATT
         |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth
         |                  /-----Sir John JENNINGS
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir William BROUNKER
         |                 |         \-----Anne BROUNKER
         |         /-----Richard JENNINGS
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard SPENCER
         |        |         \-----Alice SPENCER
          \-----Sarah JENNINGS
                  |                  /-----Sir William THORNHURST
                  |         /-----Sir Gifford THORNHURST
                  |        |        |                           /-----Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
                  |        |        |                  /-----Thomas HOWARD, Viscount Howard
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
                  |        |        |         /-----Charles LYTE-HOWARD
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----William LYTE
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Gertrude LYTE
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Dorothy KELLOWAY
                  |        |         \-----Anne LYTE-HOWARD
                  |        |                  \-----Rebecca WEBB
                   \-----Frances THORNHURST
                           |         /-----Sir Alexander TEMPLE
                            \-----Susan TEMPLE

Descendants of Diana SPENCER

1. Diana SPENCER m. John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford

m. John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford father: Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford mother: Elizabeth HOWLAND