page_title: William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford
hierarchical_section_title: William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford
caption_attribution_description: English: A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person&#58; &#32;William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford&#32;– British politician
context_page_description: William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford was a British Whig politician. He was the son of Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford and his wife Anna Maria Stanhope.
  Russell was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and was Member of Parliament for Tavistock from 1832 to 1841.
  He died in 1872, aged 62, unmarried and childless and was buried in the 'Bedford Chapel' at St. Michael's Church, Chenies, Buckinghamshire. His titles passed to his cousin, Francis Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford.
context_section_description: William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (1 July 1809 – 27 May 1872) was a British Whig politician.  He was the son of Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford and his wife Anna Maria Stanhope.
  Russell was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tavistock (which had been represented by members of the Russell family intermittently since 1640) from 1832 to 1841.
  He died in 1872, aged 62, unmarried and childless and was buried in the 'Bedford Chapel' at St. Michael's Church, Chenies, Buckinghamshire. His titles passed to his cousin, Francis Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford.
caption: Portrait of Lord Russell as a child
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