Herbrand Russell took as his ward the illegitimate Anglo-Indian daughter of his older brother, George Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford. The daughter was known to have lived with the family until she was married and frequently visited them afterwards.
Military career
He was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards and made Colonel of the 3rd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment between 1897 and 1908. He fought in the Egyptian campaign in 1882 and in the First World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches.
He was President of the Zoological Society of London from 1899 to 1936, and was concerned with animal preservation throughout his life. According to Jane Goodall in her book Hope for Animals,[2] the Duke was instrumental in saving the milu (or Père David's deer), which was already extinct by 1900 in its native China. He acquired the few remaining deer from European zoos and nurtured a herd of them at Woburn Abbey. He gifted Himalayan tahr to the New Zealand government in 1903; of the three males and three females, five survived the journey and were released near the Hermitage Hotel at Mount Cook Village. He sent a further shipment in 1909 of six males and two females. Himalayan tahr are near-threatened in their native India and Nepal, but are so numerous in New Zealand's Southern Alps that they are hunted recreationally. A statue of a Himalayan tahr was unveiled in May 2014 at Lake Pukaki and dedicated by Henrietta, Dowager Duchess of Bedford.[3]
His grandson Ian Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford describes him as follows: "A selfish, forbidding man, with a highly developed sense of public duty and ducal responsibility, he lived a cold, aloof existence, isolated from the outside world by a mass of servants, sycophants and an eleven-mile wall." In conjunction with his son Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford, he developed plans to protect the Bedford fortune from the British tax regime. However, he died too soon for these to come to fruition and the only result was to involve his grandson in enormous difficulties in obtaining access to the family properties.
Herbrand and Hastings Russell feature largely in the 13th Duke's memoir, A Silver-Plated Spoon (World Books, 1959).
Ancestry
Ancestors of Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford
^"Duchess of Bedford to Dedicate Tahr Statue" (Press release). New Zealand: Game and Forest Foundation. Scoop. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^"Court Circular". The Times. No. 36782. London. 31 May 1902. p. 8.
"Burke's Peerage and Baronetage"
Bibliography
Jane Goodall, with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson, Hope for Animals and Their World: How endangered species are being rescued from the brink, 2009, Grand Central Publishing
External links
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Bedford
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Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke of Bedford KG KBE DL FRS FSA 1 19 February 1858 27 August 1940 was an English politician and peer He was the son of Francis Russell 9th Duke of Bedford and his wife Lady Elizabeth Sackville West daughter of George Sackville West 5th Earl De La Warr His GraceThe Duke of BedfordKG KBE DL FRS FSATenure23 March 1893 27 August 1940Other titles11th Marquess of Tavistock15th Earl of Bedford15th Baron Russell13th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh11th Baron HowlandBorn 1858 02 19 19 February 1858London Middlesex EnglandDied27 August 1940 1940 08 27 aged 82 Woburn Bedfordshire EnglandSpouse s Mary du Caurroy Tribe m 1888 wbr IssueHastings Russell 12th Duke of BedfordParentsFrancis Russell 9th Duke of BedfordElizabeth Sackville West Contents 1 Family 2 Military career 3 Public duty 4 Honours 5 Ancestry 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External linksFamily EditHe married Mary du Caurroy Tribe on 30 31 January 1888 at Barrackpore British Raj She was appointed DBE and died in an aviation accident in 1937 three years before her husband They had one child Hastings William Sackville Russell 12th Duke of Bedford 1888 1953 Herbrand Russell took as his ward the illegitimate Anglo Indian daughter of his older brother George Russell 10th Duke of Bedford The daughter was known to have lived with the family until she was married and frequently visited them afterwards Military career EditHe was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards and made Colonel of the 3rd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment between 1897 and 1908 He fought in the Egyptian campaign in 1882 and in the First World War where he was mentioned in dispatches Public duty Edit The Himalayan tahr sculpture unveiled in May 2014 at Lake Pukaki by Henrietta Dowager Duchess of Bedford The Bedford Chapel at Golders Green Crematorium London where the 11th Duke of Bedford was cremated in 1940 The Duke of Bedford held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex between 1898 and 1926 Mayor of Holborn in 1900 Aide de Camp to the Viceroy of India between 1885 and 1886 Military Aide de Camp between 1908 and 1920 to King Edward VII and King George V and sometime Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire He was President of the Zoological Society of London from 1899 to 1936 and was concerned with animal preservation throughout his life According to Jane Goodall in her book Hope for Animals 2 the Duke was instrumental in saving the milu or Pere David s deer which was already extinct by 1900 in its native China He acquired the few remaining deer from European zoos and nurtured a herd of them at Woburn Abbey He gifted Himalayan tahr to the New Zealand government in 1903 of the three males and three females five survived the journey and were released near the Hermitage Hotel at Mount Cook Village He sent a further shipment in 1909 of six males and two females Himalayan tahr are near threatened in their native India and Nepal but are so numerous in New Zealand s Southern Alps that they are hunted recreationally A statue of a Himalayan tahr was unveiled in May 2014 at Lake Pukaki and dedicated by Henrietta Dowager Duchess of Bedford 3 Bedford served as president of the Cremation Society of Great Britain from 1921 to his death in 1940 He had the original cremator from Woking Crematorium moved and fitted inside the Bedford Chapel a new chapel at Golders Green Crematorium where he was himself cremated His ashes are buried in the Bedford Chapel at St Michael s Church Chenies Honours EditThe Duke of Bedford was invested as a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John KGStJ as a Fellow of the Society of Arts FSA on 14 March 1901 as Knight of the Order of the Garter KG on 30 May 1902 4 5 as Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE in 1919 and as a Fellow of the Royal Society FRS 1 in 1908 He was made an honorary Freeman of Holborn in 1931 He was made an Honorary Doctor of Law LL D by Edinburgh University in 1906 His grandson Ian Russell 13th Duke of Bedford describes him as follows A selfish forbidding man with a highly developed sense of public duty and ducal responsibility he lived a cold aloof existence isolated from the outside world by a mass of servants sycophants and an eleven mile wall In conjunction with his son Hastings Russell 12th Duke of Bedford he developed plans to protect the Bedford fortune from the British tax regime However he died too soon for these to come to fruition and the only result was to involve his grandson in enormous difficulties in obtaining access to the family properties Herbrand and Hastings Russell feature largely in the 13th Duke s memoir A Silver Plated Spoon World Books 1959 Ancestry EditAncestors of Herbrand Russell 11th Duke of Bedford16 Francis Russell Marquess of Tavistock8 John Russell 6th Duke of Bedford17 Lady Elizabeth Keppel4 Lord George Russell18 George Byng 4th Viscount Torrington9 Hon Georgiana Byng19 Lady Lucy Boyle2 Francis Russell 9th Duke of Bedford20 John Rawdon 1st Earl of Moira10 Hon John Rawdon21 Elizabeth Hastings 16th Baroness Botreaux5 Elizabeth Rawdon22 Joseph Hall Stevenson11 Frances Hall Stevenson23 Anne Foster1 Herbrand Russell 11th Duke of Bedford24 John West 2nd Earl De La Warr12 John West 4th Earl De La Warr25 Mary Wynyard6 George Sackville West 5th Earl De La Warr26 Henry Lyell13 Catherine Lyell27 Catherine Allestrie3 Lady Elizabeth Sackville West28 Lord John Sackville14 John Sackville 3rd Duke of Dorset29 Lady Frances Leveson Gower7 Elizabeth Sackville 1st Baroness Buckhurst30 Sir Charles Cope 2nd Baronet15 Arabella Cope31 Catherine BishoppReferences Edit a b Mitchell P C 1941 Herbrand Arthur Russell Duke of Bedford 1858 1940 Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 3 9 498 502 doi 10 1098 rsbm 1941 0017 Goodall Hope for Animals Duchess of Bedford to Dedicate Tahr Statue Press release New Zealand Game and Forest Foundation Scoop 13 March 2014 Retrieved 30 December 2014 No 27442 The London Gazette 13 June 1902 p 3833 Court Circular The Times No 36782 London 31 May 1902 p 8 Burke s Peerage and Baronetage Bibliography EditJane Goodall with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson Hope for Animals and Their World How endangered species are being rescued from the brink 2009 Grand Central PublishingExternal links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Bedford Herbrand Russell 11th Duke of BedfordHonorary titlesPreceded byThe Earl of Strafford Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex1898 1926 Succeeded byThe Lord RevelstokePeerage of EnglandPreceded byWilliam Russell Duke of Bedford1893 1940 Succeeded byHastings Russell Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Herbrand Russell 11th Duke of Bedford amp oldid 1132696291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
