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Georgiana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (18 July 1781 – 24 February 1853), formerly Lady Georgiana Gordon, was a British aristocrat, patron of the arts and wife of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. Georgiana was born at Gordon Castle in Scotland, a younger daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon , and his first wife, Jane .
Georgiana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (18 July 1781 – 24 February 1853), formerly Lady Georgiana Gordon, was a British aristocrat, patron of the arts and wife of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. Georgiana was born at Gordon Castle in Scotland, a younger daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, and his first wife, Jane.
After Georgiana's early death in October 1801, Bedford married secondly Lady Georgiana, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, in 1803. They had ten children, including: Georgina, Duchess of Bedford, 2nd wife of the 6th Duke of Bedford Study of Rachel Russell.
Reference Collection. NPG D31622. Sitter. Georgiana Russell (née Gordon), Duchess of Bedford (1781-1853), Second wife of 6th Duke of Bedford. Sitter associated with 9 portraits. Artists. John Hoppner (1758-1810), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 218 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
5 giorni fa · Georgiana Russell (née Gordon), Duchess of Bedford. by Samuel William Reynolds, after John Hoppner mezzotint, published 1803 NPG D31622
The daughter of Alexander Gordon, fourth duke of Gordon; in 1803, after first being engaged to his brother, she became the second wife of John Russell, sixth duke of Bedford and became a prominent Whig hostess. Sydney Smith described her as “full of amusement and sense.”
23 lug 2009 · Out of the other two daughters, one married the Marquis of Cornwallis, and the other a plain baronet, but it was the youngest and prettiest daughter, Georgiana (born June 23, 1781) or Georgy, who managed to snare the affections of the 6th Duke of Bedford, who owned vast tracks of Convent Garden, Russell and Bedford square in London, as well as ...
