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: Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford
Sex: M
Birth: 1 Nov 1680 in St Giles-in-the-Fields ^b
Death: 26 May 1711 ^d
Burial: 30 May 1711 in Chenies ^u

Parents:

Father:
William RUSSELL, Lord Russell Birth: 29 Sep 1639 Death: 21 Jul 1683

Mother:

Rachel WRIOTHESLEY Birth: 2 Death: 29 Sep 1723 in Southampton House, Bloomsbury

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth HOWLAND on 23 May 1695 at Streatham, Surrey .^m1
Elizabeth HOWLAND Death: 29 Jul 1724 in Streatham, Surrey

Children:

William RUSSELL, Marquess of Tavistock Birth: 2
William RUSSELL, Marquess of Tavistock Birth: 13 Aug 1703
Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford Birth: 25 May 1708 Death: 23 Oct 1732 in Corunna, Spain
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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p81],
place:: [Ref: CP II p81],
parents:: [Ref: CP II p81]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p81]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP II p81],
place:: [Ref: CP II p81]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth HOWLAND

date:: [Ref: CP II p81],
place:: [Ref: CP II p81],
child:: [Ref: CP II p82]

Research Notes:
2nd Duke of Bedford, of Dukedom cr 1694 [Ref: CP II p81]
6th Earl of Bedford, of Earldom cr 1549/50 [Ref: CP II p81]
styled Marquess of Tavistock [Ref: CP II p81]

heir of his father [Ref: CP II p81]
heir of his grandfather, William, 1st Duke [Ref: CP II p81]

Pedigree of Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford
                                                                /-----Sir John RUSSELL
                                                       /-----James RUSSELL
                                                      |         \-----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 St JOHN
                           |        |                  /-----Sir John St JOHN
                           |        |                 |         \-----Alice BRADSHAW
                           |        |         /-----Sir John St JOHN
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Morgan AP JENKYN AP PHILIP
                           |        |        |         \-----Sybil Ferch Morgan
                           |        |        |                  \-----Margred MATTHEW
                           |         \-----Margaret St JOHN
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas WALDEGRAVE
                           |                 |         /-----Sir William WALDEGRAVE, K.B.
                           |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth FRAY
                           |                  \-----Margaret WALDEGRAVE
                           |                          |         /-----Henry WENTWORTH
                           |                           \-----Margery WENTWORTH
                           |                                    \-----Elizabeth HOWARD
                   /-----Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford
                  |        |         /-----Henry LONG
                  |         \-----Elizabeth LONG
                  |                 |         /-----Nicholas CLARKE
                  |                  \-----Dorothy CLARKE
          /-----William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford
         |        |                                             /-----Thomas BRUGGE, Lord Chaundos
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Giles BRUGGE, Lord Chaundos
         |        |                                   |         \-----Florence DARELL
         |        |                           /-----Sir John BRUGGE, Lord Chandos
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Thomas BAYNHAM
         |        |                          |         \-----Isabel BAYNHAM
         |        |                          |                  \-----Alice WALWYN
         |        |                  /-----Sir Edmund BRUGGE, K.G., Lord Chandos
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----John GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Edmund GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Anne GREY
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GREY
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph HASTINGS
         |        |                 |                  \-----Florence HASTINGS
         |        |                 |                           \-----Amy TATTERSHALL
         |        |         /-----Giles BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley
         |        |        |        |                           /-----(Unk) BRAY
         |        |        |        |                  /-----John BRAY
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye
         |        |        |         \-----Dorothy BRAY
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John HALLYWELL
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Richard HALLYWELL
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Isabel MOYNE
         |        |        |                  \-----Jane HALLYWELL
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir John NORBURY
         |        |        |                           \-----Jane NORBURY
         |        |        |                                    \-----Joan GILBERT
         |         \-----Catharine BRYDGES
         |                 |                                    /-----John CLINTON, Lord Clinton
         |                 |                           /-----John CLINTON-FIENNES, Lord Clinton
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth FIENNES
         |                 |                  /-----Thomas CLINTON-FIENNES, Lord Clinton
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MORGAN
         |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MORGAN
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Jonnet MATHEW
         |                 |         /-----Sir Edward FIENNES De CLINTON, K.G., Earl of Clint
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Robert POYNINGS
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward POYNINGS, K.G.
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth PASTON
         |                 |        |         \-----Joan POYNINGS
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Adrian WHETHILL
         |                 |        |                  \-----Rose WHETHILL
         |                  \-----Frances CLINTON
         |                          |                           /-----Sir William STOURTON, Lord Stourton
         |                          |                  /-----Edward STOURTON, Lord Stourton
         |                          |                 |         \-----Margaret CHIDEOCK
         |                          |         /-----William STOURTON, Lord Stourton
         |                          |        |        |         /-----John FAUNTLEROY
         |                          |        |         \-----Agnes FAUNTLEROY
         |                          |        |                  \-----Joan WALSH
         |                           \-----Ursula STOURTON
         |                                   |                  /-----John DUDLEY
         |                                   |         /-----Edmund DUDLEY
         |                                   |        |         \-----Elizabeth BRAMSHOT
         |                                    \-----Elizabeth DUDLEY
         |                                            |         /-----Sir Thomas WINDSOR
         |                                             \-----Anne WINDSOR
         |                                                      \-----Elizabeth ANDREWS
/-----William RUSSELL, Lord Russell
|        |                  /-----Sir Thomas KER
|        |         /-----Sir Robert KER, Earl of Somerset
|        |        |        |         /-----William SCOTT
|        |        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
|         \-----Anne CARR
|                 |                                             /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |                                    /-----Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
|                 |                           /-----Henry HOWARD, K.G., Earl of Surrey
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Edward STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
|                 |                          |                  \-----Eleanor PERCY
|                 |                  /-----Thomas HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----John De VERE
|                 |                 |        |         /-----John De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Alice COLBROKE
|                 |                 |         \-----Frances VERE
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Edward TRUSSELL
|                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth TRUSSELL
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margaret DONNE
|                 |         /-----Thomas HOWARD, Earl Of Suffolk
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Geoffrey AUDLEY
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas AUDLEY, K.G., Lord Audley
|                 |        |         \-----Margaret AUDLEY
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
|                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth GREY
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert WOTTON, K.G.
|                 |        |                           \-----Margaret WOTTON
|                 |        |                                    \-----Anne BELKNAP
|                  \-----Frances HOWARD
|                          |         /-----Sir Henry KNYVETT
|                           \-----Catherine KNEVET
|                                   |                  /-----William STUMPE
|                                   |         /-----Sir James STUMPE
|                                   |        |        |         /-----James BERKELEY
|                                   |        |         \-----Joyce BERKELEY
|                                    \-----Elizabeth STUMPE
|                                            |                  /-----Sir John BAYNTON
|                                            |         /-----Sir Edward BAYNTON
|                                            |        |         \-----Joan DIGGS
|                                             \-----Bridget BAYNTON
|                                                     |         /-----Sir John SULYARD
|                                                      \-----Elizabeth SULLIARD
|                                                               \-----Anne ANDREWS
Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford
|                                             /-----William WRIOTHESLEY
|                                    /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
|                                   |        |         /-----James DRAYTON
|                                   |         \-----Agnes DRAYTON
|                           /-----Henry WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
|                          |        |         /-----William CHENEY
|                          |         \-----Jane CHENEY
|                          |                 |         /-----Thomas WALWYN
|                          |                  \-----Emma WALWYN
|                  /-----Henry WROTTESLEY, Earl of Southampton
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas BROWNE
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor ARUNDEL
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G.
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----John De NEVILLE, K.G., Marquess of Montagu
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Lucy NEVILLE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel INGOLDTHORPE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G., Viscount Montague
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----William GAGE
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John GAGE, K.G.
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes BOLNEY
|                 |        |        |         \-----Alice GAGE
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard GUILFORD, K.G.
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Philippe GUILFORD
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Anne PIMPE
|                 |         \-----Mary BROWNE
|                 |                 |                           /-----John RADCLIFFE
|                 |                 |                  /-----John RADCLIFF, Lord FitzWalter
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth FITZWALTER, Baroness FitzWalter
|                 |                 |         /-----Robert RADCLIFF, K.G., Earl of Sussex
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Richard WHEATHILL
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Margaret WHETEHILL
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Joan
|                 |                  \-----Jane RADCLIFFE
|                 |                          |                  /-----George STANLEY, K.G., Lord Strange
|                 |                          |         /-----Thomas STANLEY, Earl Of Derby
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Joan STRANGE, Baroness Strange
|                 |                           \-----Margaret STANLEY
|                 |                                   |         /-----Edward HASTINGS, Lord Hastings Of Hungerford
|                 |                                    \-----Anne HASTINGS
|                 |                                             \-----Mary HUNGERFORD, Baroness Botreaux
|         /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
|        |        |         /-----John VERNON
|        |         \-----Elizabeth VERNON
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
|        |                 |                           /-----John DEVEREUX, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Anne FERRERS
|        |                 |                  /-----Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----William BOURCHIER, Lord Bourchier
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Cecily BOURCHIER
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Anne WYDEVILLE
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GREY
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|        |                 |        |         \-----Mary GREY
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----William BONVILLE, Lord Harrington
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth DEVEREUX
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir William HASTINGS, K.G., Lord Hastings
|        |                          |                  /-----Edward HASTINGS, Lord Hastings Of Hungerford
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|        |                          |         /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD
|        |                          |        |         \-----Mary HUNGERFORD, Baroness Botreaux
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Anne PERCY
|        |                           \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
|        |                                   |                  /-----Hunphrey STAFFORD, Earl Of Stafford
|        |                                   |         /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|        |                                    \-----Anne STAFFORD
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|        |                                             \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
|        |                                                      \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
\-----Rachel WRIOTHESLEY
         |         /-----Daniel De MASSUE, Seigneur de Ruvigny
          \-----Rachel De MASSUE
                   \-----Madeline PINOT

Descendants of Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford

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

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

2 William RUSSELL, Marquess of Tavistock

3 William RUSSELL, Marquess of Tavistock

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

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

2nd generation

5. 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

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

3rd generation

6. 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

7 Caroline SPENCER

8 Elizabeth SPENCER m. John SPENCER

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

10 Charlotte SPENCER m. Edward NARES

11 Henry-John SPENCER

12 Anne SPENCER

13 Francis-Almeric SPENCER m. Frances FITZROY

14 Amelia SPENCER

4th generation

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

m. Susan STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Galloway mother: Anne DASHWOOD

15+ George SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough m1. Jane STEWART m2. Charlotte Augusta FLOWER m3. Jane Frances Clinton STEWART

5th generation

15. George SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough m1. Jane STEWART m2. Charlotte Augusta FLOWER m3. Jane Frances Clinton STEWART

m. Jane STEWART father: George STEWART, Earl Of Galloway mother: Jane PAGET

16+ John Winston SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough m. Frances Anne Emily VANE-STEWART

m. Charlotte Augusta FLOWER father: Henry Jeffery FLOWER, Viscount Ashbrook mother: Emily Theophila METCALFE

m. Jane Frances Clinton STEWART father: Edward Richard STEWART mother: Katharine CHARTERIS-WEMYSS

17+ Edward SPENCER-CHURCHILL m. Augusta WARBURTON