Duke of Bedford

E275601

duchy hereditary title peerage title

The Duke of Bedford is a hereditary British peerage title historically associated with the Russell family, prominent landowners and political figures in England.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Duke of Bedford canonical	23
1st Duke of Bedford	1
Duke of Bedford (second creation, 1485)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	duchy ⓘ hereditary title ⓘ peerage title ⓘ
associatedWith	British Parliament ⓘ House of Russell ⓘ Whig Party ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	18th-century British politics ⓘ English Reformation politics ⓘ
associatedWithLocation	Bedfordshire ⓘ Bloomsbury ⓘ surface form: Bloomsbury, London Woburn Abbey ⓘ Woburn, Bedfordshire, England ⓘ surface form: Woburn, Bedfordshire
coatOfArms	Arms of Russell, Dukes of Bedford ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English nobility ⓘ
familySeat	Woburn Abbey ⓘ
genderedForm	Duchess of Bedford ⓘ
hasMotto	Che sara sara ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	Andrew Ian Henry Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford ⓘ Francis Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford ⓘ Francis Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford ⓘ Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford ⓘ Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford ⓘ Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford ⓘ Henry Robin Ian Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford ⓘ John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford ⓘ surface form: John Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford ⓘ William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford ⓘ surface form: William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (second creation)
historicalRole	landed aristocracy in England ⓘ political leadership in Whig politics ⓘ
inception	15th century ⓘ
landholdings	Bedfordshire estates ⓘ Bedford Estate ⓘ surface form: Bloomsbury estate
nobleFamily	Russell family ⓘ
nobleRank	duke ⓘ
notableFor	development of Bloomsbury in London ⓘ large landownership in England ⓘ patronage of agriculture and model farming ⓘ political influence in British history ⓘ
partOf	Peerage of England ⓘ
precedence	below Duke of Norfolk ⓘ below Duke of Somerset ⓘ
styleOfAddress	His Grace ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle	Baron Russell of Chenies ⓘ Earl of Bedford ⓘ Marquess of Tavistock ⓘ
traditionalHeirApparentTitle	Marquess of Tavistock ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke of Bedford for Great Britain → officeHolderTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

St Michael’s Church, Chenies → hasAssociationWithTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford → nobleTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Tavistock → associatedWithTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford → nobleTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1st Duke of Bedford

George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford → nobleTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford → positionHeld → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Jasper Tudor → nobleTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Jasper Tudor → positionHeld → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Bedford (second creation, 1485)

Bedford Estate → ownedBy → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Bedford Estate → namedAfter → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Bedford Square → namedAfter → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Russell family → nobleTitleHeld → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford → positionHeld → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Marquess of Tavistock → associatedTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Marquess of Tavistock → higherTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Marquess of Tavistock → subordinateTo → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Woburn Abbey gardens → ownedBy → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Prince John of Lancaster → nobleTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Russell family chapel → associatedWithTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Russell family vault → associatedWithTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

John → nobleTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

subject surface form: John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford

John → positionHeld → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

subject surface form: John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford

Woburn, Bedfordshire, England → associatedTitle → Duke of Bedford ⓘ

Henry VI, Part 1 → featuresCharacter → Duke of Bedford ⓘ