Earl of Bedford

E939837

hereditary title title in the Peerage of England

The Earl of Bedford is a prominent hereditary title in the Peerage of England historically associated with the influential Russell family, who became major landowners and political figures.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Earl of Bedford (Kingdom of England)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hereditary title ⓘ title in the Peerage of England ⓘ
associatedEstateType	country house ⓘ
associatedTitle	Duke of Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Bedford Level drainage schemes NERFINISHED ⓘ English Reformation politics ⓘ Russell family NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart period NERFINISHED ⓘ Tudor period NERFINISHED ⓘ development of Covent Garden ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
currentPeerageSystem	Peerage of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
estateAssociation	Woburn Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHigherTitleInFamily	Duke of Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldByFamily	Russell family NERFINISHED ⓘ
hereditary	true ⓘ
holderFamilyInfluenceArea	Bedfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ
holderFamilyPoliticalAlignment	Whig NERFINISHED ⓘ
holderFamilyPoliticalRole	cabinet ministers ⓘ courtiers ⓘ members of Parliament ⓘ
holderFamilyWealthSource	landed estates ⓘ urban property in London ⓘ
jurisdiction	Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchGrantedBy	English Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ Bedfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleRankOrder	above Viscount ⓘ below Marquess ⓘ
notableHolder	Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ
peerage	Peerage of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalInfluence	English politics ⓘ Parliament of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
rank	Earl ⓘ
region	England ⓘ
seat	Woburn Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass	British nobility ⓘ English aristocracy ⓘ
succession	primogeniture ⓘ
titleHolderFamilyStatus	major landowners ⓘ political figures ⓘ
titleType	noble title ⓘ
traditionalFormOfAddress	The Right Honourable the Earl of Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Countess of Bedford → associatedTitle → Earl of Bedford ⓘ

Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy → heldTitle → Earl of Bedford ⓘ

Ingelram de Coucy (Enguerrand VII) → nobleTitle → Earl of Bedford ⓘ

Russell family → nobleTitleHeld → Earl of Bedford ⓘ

Ingelram de Coucy (Enguerrand VII) → positionHeld → Earl of Bedford ⓘ

Duke of Bedford → subsidiaryTitle → Earl of Bedford ⓘ

Ingelram de Coucy (Enguerrand VII) → titleHeldFromCountry → Earl of Bedford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earl of Bedford (Kingdom of England)