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: William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford
Sex: M
Birth: Aug 1616 ^b
Death: 7 Sep 1700 in Bedford House, Strand ^d
Burial: 17 Sep 1700 in Chenies ^u

Parents:

Father:
Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford Birth: Abt 1587 Death: 9 May 1641

Mother:

Catharine BRYDGES Death: 29 Jan 1656/7

Family:
Marriage:

Anne CARR on 11 Jul 1637 at St Benets, Pauls Warf, London .^m1
Anne CARR Birth: 9 Dec 1615 Death: 10 May 1684 in Woburn

Children:

Diana RUSSELL Death: 13 Dec 1701 in Kensington, Middlesex
Francis RUSSELL, Lord Russell Birth: 1638 Death: 14 Jan 1677/8
William RUSSELL, Lord Russell Birth: 29 Sep 1639 Death: 21 Jul 1683

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p79],
parents:: [Ref: CP II p79]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p80],
place:: [Ref: CP II p80]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p80],
place:: [Ref: CP II p80]

Sources with Information about marriage to Anne CARR

date:: [Ref: CP II p80],
place:: [Ref: CP II p80],
child:: [Ref: CP I p108, CP II p80]

Research Notes:
1st Duke of Bedford, of Dukedom cr 1694 [Ref: CP II p79]
1st Duke of Bedford [Ref: CP I p108]
5th Earl of Bedford, of Earldom cr 1549/50 [Ref: CP II p79]

Pedigree of William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford
                                                       /-----John RUSSELL
                                              /-----Sir John RUSSELL
                                             |        |         /-----John HERING
                                             |         \-----Elizabeth HERING
                                     /-----James RUSSELL
                                    |        |         /-----John FROXMERE
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth FROXMERE
                            /-----John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
                           |        |         /-----John WYSE
                           |         \-----Alice WYSE
                   /-----Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
                  |        |         /-----Sir Guy SAPCOTE
                  |         \-----Anne SAPCOTE
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Guy WOLSTON
                  |                  \-----Margaret WOLSTON
          /-----William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh
         |        |                                             /-----Sir John De St JOHN
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Oliver St JOHN
         |        |                                   |         \-----Isabel De PAVELEY
         |        |                           /-----Sir John St JOHN
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |                          |                  \-----Edith STOURTON
         |        |                  /-----Sir John St JOHN
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas BRADSHAW
         |        |                 |         \-----Alice BRADSHAW
         |        |         /-----Sir John St JOHN
         |        |        |        |         /-----Morgan AP JENKYN AP PHILIP
         |        |        |         \-----Sybil Ferch Morgan
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Dafydd MATTHEW
         |        |        |                  \-----Margred MATTHEW
         |         \-----Margaret St JOHN
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir Richard WALDEGRAVE
         |                 |                           /-----Sir William WALDEGRAVE
         |                 |                          |         \-----Joan De MUNCHENSY
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas WALDEGRAVE
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----John DOREWARD
         |                 |                 |         \-----Joan DOREWARD
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Katherine WOLCOT
         |                 |         /-----Sir William WALDEGRAVE, K.B.
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John FRAY
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth FRAY
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DANVERS
         |                 |        |                  \-----Agnes DANVERS
         |                 |        |                           \-----Alice VERNEY
         |                  \-----Margaret WALDEGRAVE
         |                          |                           /-----John WENTWORTH
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Roger WENTWORTH
         |                          |                 |         \-----Agnes DRONSFIELD
         |                          |         /-----Henry WENTWORTH
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Philip Le DESPENSER, Lord Despenser
         |                          |        |         \-----Margery DESPENSER, Baroness Despenser
         |                          |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De TIBETOT
         |                           \-----Margery WENTWORTH
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD
         |                                   |         /-----Henry HOWARD
         |                                   |        |         \-----Alice TENDRING
         |                                    \-----Elizabeth HOWARD
         |                                            |         /-----Sir Henry HUSSEY
         |                                             \-----Mary HUSSEY
/-----Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford
|        |         /-----Henry LONG
|         \-----Elizabeth LONG
|                 |         /-----Nicholas CLARKE
|                  \-----Dorothy CLARKE
William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford
|                                                               /-----Thomas BRUGGE
|                                                      /-----Giles BRUGGE, Lord Chaundos
|                                                     |         \-----Alice BERKELEY
|                                             /-----Thomas BRUGGE, Lord Chaundos
|                                            |        |         /-----James CLIFFORD
|                                            |         \-----Katherine CLIFFORD
|                                    /-----Sir Giles BRUGGE, Lord Chaundos
|                                   |        |         /-----William DARELL
|                                   |         \-----Florence DARELL
|                                   |                 |         /-----Thomas CALSTONE
|                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth CALSTONE
|                           /-----Sir John BRUGGE, Lord Chandos
|                          |        |         /-----Thomas BAYNHAM
|                          |         \-----Isabel BAYNHAM
|                          |                 |         /-----William WALWYN
|                          |                  \-----Alice WALWYN
|                  /-----Sir Edmund BRUGGE, K.G., Lord Chandos
|                 |        |                                    /-----Richard De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Reynold GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Blanche
|                 |        |                  /-----John GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----John BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Tacine BEAUFORT
|                 |        |         /-----Edmund GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GREY, K.G.
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Edmund GREY, Lord Grey, Earl Of Kent
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Constance De HOLAND
|                 |        |        |         \-----Anne GREY
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Katherine PERCY
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Eleanor NEVILLE
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth GREY
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir Ralph De HASTINGS
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Leonard HASTINGS
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Matilda De GREY
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph HASTINGS
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Thomas CAMOYS, K.G., Lord Camoys
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Alice CAMOYS
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LOUCHES
|                 |                  \-----Florence HASTINGS
|                 |                          |         /-----John TATTERSHALL
|                 |                           \-----Amy TATTERSHALL
|                 |                                   |         /-----John CHICHELE
|                 |                                    \-----Agnes CHICHELE
|         /-----Giles BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley
|        |        |                           /-----(Unk) BRAY
|        |        |                  /-----John BRAY
|        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye
|        |         \-----Dorothy BRAY
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir John HALLYWELL
|        |                 |         /-----Richard HALLYWELL
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----William Le MOYNE
|        |                 |        |         \-----Isabel MOYNE
|        |                  \-----Jane HALLYWELL
|        |                          |                           /-----John NORBURY
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir Henry NORBURY
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Elizabeth De BOTILLER
|        |                          |         /-----Sir John NORBURY
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----William CROZIER
|        |                          |        |         \-----Anne CROZIER
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Edith
|        |                           \-----Jane NORBURY
|        |                                   |         /-----Otes GILBERT
|        |                                    \-----Joan GILBERT
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Robert HILL
|        |                                             \-----Elizabeth HILL
\-----Catharine BRYDGES
         |                                                      /-----William CLINTON, Lord Clinton
         |                                             /-----John CLINTON, Lord Clinton
         |                                            |         \-----Anne BOTREAUX
         |                                    /-----John CLINTON, Lord Clinton
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Edmund FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
         |                                   |         \-----Joan FERRERS
         |                                   |                  \-----Alienor De La ROCHE
         |                           /-----John CLINTON-FIENNES, Lord Clinton
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Roger FIENNES
         |                          |        |         /-----Richard FIENNES, Lord Dacre
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HOLLAND
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth FIENNES
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas DACRE
         |                          |                  \-----Joan DACRE, Baroness Dacre
         |                          |                           \-----Elizabeth BOWET
         |                  /-----Thomas CLINTON-FIENNES, Lord Clinton
         |                 |        |                           /-----Llewellyn AP MORGAN
         |                 |        |                  /-----Jevan AP MORGAN
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Jonnet VAUGHAN
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MORGAN
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas AP LLEWELLYN
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth FERCH THOMAS
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MORGAN
         |                 |                 |                  /-----David MATHEW
         |                 |                 |         /-----John MATHEW
         |                 |                  \-----Jonnet MATHEW
         |         /-----Sir Edward FIENNES De CLINTON, K.G., Earl of Clint
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Richard De POYNINGS, Lord Poynings
         |        |        |                           /-----Robert POYNINGS, Lord Poynings
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabel FITZ PAYN
         |        |        |                  /-----Robert POYNINGS
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth De GREY
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De ROOS
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward POYNINGS, K.G.
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----William PASTON
         |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth PASTON
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Edmund BERRY
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes BERRY
         |        |         \-----Joan POYNINGS
         |        |                 |         /-----Adrian WHETHILL
         |        |                  \-----Rose WHETHILL
          \-----Frances CLINTON
                  |                                             /-----William De STURTON
                  |                                    /-----Sir John STOURTON, Lord Stourton
                  |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth MOIGNE
                  |                           /-----Sir William STOURTON, Lord Stourton
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir John WADHAM
                  |                          |         \-----Margery WADHAM
                  |                          |                  \-----Joan WROTTESLEY
                  |                  /-----Edward STOURTON, Lord Stourton
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John CHIDIOK, Lord FitzPayn
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir John CHIDIOK, Lord FitzPayn
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Alianore FITZ WARIN
                  |                 |         \-----Margaret CHIDEOCK
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph De LUMLEY, Lord Lumley
                  |                 |                  \-----Katherine De LUMLEY
                  |                 |                           \-----Eleanor De NEVILL
                  |         /-----William STOURTON, Lord Stourton
                  |        |        |         /-----John FAUNTLEROY
                  |        |         \-----Agnes FAUNTLEROY
                  |        |                 |         /-----John WALSH
                  |        |                  \-----Joan WALSH
                   \-----Ursula STOURTON
                           |                                    /-----John V De SUTTON
                           |                           /-----Sir John VI SUTTON, K.G., Lord Dudley
                           |                          |         \-----Constance BLOUNT
                           |                  /-----John DUDLEY
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir John De BERKELEY
                           |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY
                           |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth BETTESHORNE
                           |         /-----Edmund DUDLEY
                           |        |        |                  /-----William BRAMSHOTT
                           |        |        |         /-----John BRAMSHOTT
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Joan
                           |        |         \-----Elizabeth BRAMSHOT
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir John PELHAM
                           |        |                  \-----Katherine PELHAM
                           |        |                           \-----Joan De COURCY
                            \-----Elizabeth DUDLEY
                                    |                           /-----Richard De WINDSOR
                                    |                  /-----Miles WINDSOR
                                    |                 |         \-----Christian FALCONER
                                    |         /-----Sir Thomas WINDSOR
                                    |        |        |         /-----Walter GREEN
                                    |        |         \-----Joan GREEN
                                     \-----Anne WINDSOR
                                             |                  /-----James ANDREWS
                                             |         /-----John ANDREWS
                                             |        |         \-----Alice WEYLAND
                                              \-----Elizabeth ANDREWS
                                                      |         /-----John STRATTON
                                                       \-----Elizabeth STRATTON
                                                                \-----Elizabeth LUTTERELL

Descendants of William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford

1. William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne CARR

m. Anne CARR father: Sir Robert KER, Earl of Somerset mother: Frances HOWARD

2 Diana RUSSELL m. William ALINGTON, Lord Alington; William ALINGTON, Lord Alington father: William ALINGTON, Lord Alington mother: Elizabeth TELLEMACHE

3 Francis RUSSELL, Lord Russell

4+ William RUSSELL, Lord Russell m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY

2nd generation

4. William RUSSELL, Lord Russell m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY

m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY father: Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton mother: Rachel De MASSUE

5+ Rachel RUSSELL m. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire

6+ Catherine RUSSELL m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland

7+ Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Elizabeth HOWLAND

3rd generation

5. Rachel RUSSELL m. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire

m. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire father: William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire mother: Mary BUTLER

8+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Catherine HOSKINS

6. Catherine RUSSELL m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland

m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland father: John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland mother: Catherine NOEL

9+ Elizabeth MANNERS m. John MONCKTON, Viscount Galway

10+ John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland m. Bridget SUTTON

7. Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Elizabeth HOWLAND

m. Elizabeth HOWLAND father: John HOWLAND mother: Elizabeth CHILD

11 William RUSSELL, Marquess of Tavistock

12 William RUSSELL, Marquess of Tavistock

13 Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne EGERTON; Anne EGERTON father: Scroope EGERTON, Duke Of Bridgwater mother: Elizabeth CHURCHILL

14+ John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m1. Diana SPENCER m2. Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER

4th generation

8. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Catherine HOSKINS

m. Catherine HOSKINS father: John HOSKINS mother: Catherine HALE

15+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Charlotte Elizabeth BOYLE, Baroness Clifford

9. Elizabeth MANNERS m. John MONCKTON, Viscount Galway

m. John MONCKTON, Viscount Galway father: Robert MONCKTON mother: Theodosia FOUNTAINE

16 Robert MONCKTON

10. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland m. Bridget SUTTON

m. Bridget SUTTON father: Robert SUTTON, Lord Lexington of Aram mother: Margaret HUNGERFORD

17+ John MANNERS, Marquess Of Granby m1. m2. Frances SEYMOUR

18+ George MANNERS-SUTTON m. Diana CHAPLIN

14. John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m1. Diana SPENCER m2. Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER

m. Diana SPENCER father: Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland mother: Anne CHURCHILL

m. Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER father: John LEVESON-GOWER, Earl Gower mother: Evelyn PIERREPONT

19+ Caroline RUSSELL m. George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough

5th generation

15. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Charlotte Elizabeth BOYLE, Baroness Clifford

m. Charlotte Elizabeth BOYLE, Baroness Clifford father: Richard BOYLE, Earl of Burlington mother: Dorothy SAVILE

20+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m1. Georgiana SPENCER m2. Elizabeth HERVEY

17. John MANNERS, Marquess Of Granby m1. m2. Frances SEYMOUR

21+ Anne MANNERS m. John MANNERS-SUTTON

m. Frances SEYMOUR father: Charles SEYMOUR, Duke Of Somerset mother: Charlotte FINCH

18. George MANNERS-SUTTON m. Diana CHAPLIN

m. Diana CHAPLIN father: Thomas CHAPLIN

22+ John MANNERS-SUTTON m. Anne MANNERS

19. Caroline RUSSELL m. George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough

m. George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough father: Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough mother: Elizabeth TREVOR

23 Caroline SPENCER

24 Elizabeth SPENCER m. John SPENCER

25+ George SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough m. Susan STEWART

26 Charlotte SPENCER m. Edward NARES

27 Henry-John SPENCER

28 Anne SPENCER

29 Francis-Almeric SPENCER m. Frances FITZROY

30 Amelia SPENCER