Jasper Tudor (Welsh: Siasbar Tudur: c. 1431 - December 21/26, 1495), Earl of Pembroke and 1st Duke of Bedford, was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and the architect of his successful conquest of England and Wales in 1485. Jasper was the third son of Owen Tudor and the former queen Catherine of Valois, widow of King Henry V. Hence he was a half-brother to King Henry VI, who, on attaining his majority, …

John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, FRS (30 September 1710 - 5 January 1771) was an 18th century British statesman. He was the fourth son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey. Known as Lord John Russell, he married in October 1731 Lady Diana Spencer, daughter of Charles Spencer, …

Henry Robin Ian Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford, DL (January 21, 1940 - June 13, 2003), became better known to the public than most of his ancestors by appearing in a television series. He was born at the Ritz in London to John Robert Russell, Lord Howland (later 13th Duke) and his first wife, Clare Gwendolyn Bridgman.

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford KG PC LLD FSA (6 July 1766 - 20 October 1839) was a younger son of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (eldest son and heir of the 4th Duke of Bedford who had died during the lifetime of his father). At the time of his birth, Lord John Russell (as he then was) was not expected to succeed to the title - unless his elder brother, Francis Russell, Lord Howland died in infancy or at some point later without legitimate heirs.

Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG (November 1 1680 – May 26 1711) was the son of William Russell, Lord Russell and his wife Lady Rachel Wriothesley. From 1683 until 1694, he was styled Lord Russell, and from 1695 until his accession in 1700, Marquess of Tavistock. Russell married the rich heiress Elizabeth Howland, daughter of John Howland of Streatham, on 23 May 1695.

John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, also known as John Plantagenet also John soft sword Plantagenet, was the third surviving son of King Henry IV of England by Mary de Bohun, and acted as Regent of England for his nephew, King Henry VI. He was created Earl of Kendal, Earl of Richmond and Duke of Bedford in 1414 by his brother, King Henry V. In 1423, he married Anne, daughter of John the Fearless.

Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), eldest son of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (d. 1767), by his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1768), daughter of William Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, was baptized on 23 July 1765. In January 1771 he succeeded his grandfather as Duke of Bedford, and was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, afterwards spending nearly two years in foreign travel. Regarding Charles James Fox as his political leader, …

Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford (May 25 1708-October 23 1732) was the son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford. Russell married his sister's stepdaughter, Lady Anne Egerton, daughter of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgwater, on 22 April 1725. He died in 1732, aged 24 at Corunna, Spain, without issue. He was buried on 14 December 1732 at Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England and his titles passed to his brother, John Russell.

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC (August 1616 - September 7 1700) was a British peer and soldier, the son of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford. Russell was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and served as MP for Tavistock from 1640 to 1641, when he succeeded his father as 5th Earl of Bedford.

Lady Diana Spencer (aka Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford) (1710-1735) was a prospective Princess of Wales and, later, Duchess of Bedford. Diana was the daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland and Lady Anne daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. She spent much of her youth living with her maternal grandmother, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, at Cumberland Lodge in Old Windsor.

Hastings William Sackville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford MA (December 21 1888-October 9 1953) was the son of Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford. Educated at Eton College, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with a Master of Arts (M.A.). In November 1914 he married Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell; the couple had three children: *John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (1917-2002), …

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (3 November 1718 - 30 April 1792) succeeded his grandfather, the 3rd Earl, in 1729, at the age of ten. Educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he spent some time in travelling, and on his return to England in 1739 he took his seat in the House of Lords as a follower of the Duke of Bedford. He was soon appointed one of the Commissioners of the Admiralty under Bedford and a Colonel in the Army.

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton PC (25 October 1683-6 May 1757) was an Irish and English politician. He was born to Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington. His father was an illegitimate son of Charles II of England and Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland. Fitzroy inherited his father's peerages on 9 October 1690. He was Lord High Steward at King George I's coronation.

George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford (March, 1477 - March, 1479) was the eighth child and third son of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. He was a younger brother of Elizabeth of York, Mary of York, Cecily of York, Edward V of England, Margaret Plantagenet (Princess of York), Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York and Anne of York. He was also an older brother of Catherine of York and Bridget of York.

Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford KG PC MA (May 13 1788-May 14 1861) was the son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. Russell was educated at Westminster School and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1808, with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He married Hon. Anna Maria Stanhope, daughter of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, on 8 August 1808.

George Nevill (1457-1483), son of John, Earl of Northumberland, was made Duke of Bedford in 1470, as the intended husband of Elizabeth of York. However, his father and his uncle (the Earl of Warwick) rebelled against Edward IV the next year and were slain. He was deprived of the title in 1478, ostensibly for lack of money to maintain the style of a duke.

Andrew Ian Henry Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford (born 30 March 1962), is the son of Henry Robin Ian Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford and his wife, Henrietta Joan Tiarks.

Richard Woodville (or Wydeville), 1st Earl Rivers (1405 - August 12, 1469), was an English nobleman, best remembered as the father of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV. Born at Maidstone, Kent, he was the son of another Sir Richard Wydevill, chamberlain to the Duke of Bedford. After the duke died the younger Richard married the widowed duchess, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, 1416-1472.

John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (May 24 1917-October 25 2002) was a British peer and writer, the son of Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford. Known as Ian, the Duke, then known by his courtesy title Lord Howland, married, firstly, Clare Gwendolyn (Bridgman) Hollway, on 6 April 1939. She died of a drug overdose in 1945. They had two children: *Henry Robin Ian Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford (1940-2003) *Lord Rudolf Russell (b. 7 March 1944), …

Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford KG KBE LLD FRS FSA (February 19 1858-August 27 1940) was the son of Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford. He married Mary du Caurroy Tribe, on 31 January 1888 at Barrackpore, India and they had one child: *Hastings William Sackville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford (1888-1953) He gained the rank of officer in the service of the Grenadier Guards and was made a Colonel of the 3rd Battalion, …

William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (July 1 1809-May 27 1872) 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 M.P. (Liberal) for Tavistock between 1832 and 1841. He died in 1872, aged 62, unmarried and childless and was buried at Chenies, Buckinghamshire. His titles passed to his cousin, Francis Hastings Russell.

Francis Charles Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford KG (October 16 1819-January 14 1891) was an English politician and agriculturalist.

Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (27 September 1739 - 22 March 1767) was a British politician and the eldest son of the 4th Duke of Bedford. From 1759-60, he sat in the Irish House of Commons as Whig MP for Armagh and then in the British House of Commons for Bedfordshire from 1761-67. On 8 June 1764, he married Lady Elizabeth Keppel, the youngest child of the 2nd Earl of Albemarle.

George William Francis Sackville Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford DL (April 16, 1852 - March 23, 1893) was the son of Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford. Russell graduated from Balliol College, Oxford in 1874 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn, as a barrister. He married Lady Adeline Marie Somers, daughter of Charles Somers, 3rd Earl Somers, on October 24, 1876. He was M.P. (Liberal) for Bedfordshire between 1875 and 1885, …

Cyril Fletcher (June 25 1913 - January 2 2005) was an English comedian. He was most famous for his Odd Odes, which was a section of the television show "That's Life!". Fletcher had first begun performing the Odd Odes in 1937, long before they first appeared on television. He came up with the idea when he was short of material for a radio show. The first Odd Ode was a comic, yet sentimental, reading of Edgar Wallace's war poem "Dreaming of Thee".

James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde, KP was born on 15 July 1777 and died on 18 May 1838. He was the son of John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde and Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford. He was created, at the Coronation of George IV, a Peer of the United Kingdom, as "Baron Ormonde", of Llanthony, in the county of Monmouth and in 1825, "Marquess of Ormonde". He married Grace Louisa Staples, daughter of Rt. Hon. John Staples and Hon.

Henry Robin Charles Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (born June 7, 2005) is the second child, only son and heir apparent of Andrew Ian Henry Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford and his wife, Louise Crammond. He has a sister, Lady Alexandra Russell. Because his father is the Duke of Bedford he uses the courtesy title of Marquess of Tavistock.

Nicole Milinaire was a French television producer in the 1950's. She was the associate producer of Sheldon Reynolds television series Sherlock Holmes and the 1951-1954 series Foreign Intrigue and was the producer of the 1957 series Dick and the Duchess starring Patrick O'Neal and Hazel Court. She was the third wife of the Duke of Bedford from 1960 until his death in 2002. She is the mother of four children Didier b.1939, Caterine b.1942, Gilles b.1943, …

Hon. Edward Legge (1710 - September 19, 1747) was a British Royal Navy captain who achieved a distinction when he was returned as Member of Parliament for Portsmouth on December 15, 1747 - an honour which meant little to him as he had died 87 days before. Legge was the fifth son of the Earl of Dartmouth. He enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1726 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1734 and to Captain in 1738. The First Lord of the Admiralty, the Duke of Bedford, …

Samuel Sanders Teulon (1812-1873) was a notable English architect of the 19th century. Teulon was born in Greenwich, in south-east London, the son of a cabinet-maker from a French Huguenot family (his younger brother, William Milford Teulon (1823-1900), also became an architect). Samuel attended the Royal Academy Schools, exhibited at the Academy in 1835, and commenced in practice as an architect in 1838.

Major General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, GCMG, KCB, KCH (July 6 1783 – January 11 1837) was a British military officer, the second son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Spencer. Educated at Harrow, he joined the army as a cornet in January 1800, serving in the 10th Light Dragoons. He was promoted lieutenant in June 1800 and captain on 20 August 1803. He exchanged to the 60th Regiment of Foot in April 1806 and served on the staff of the Duke of Bedford, …

Elizabeth, Duchess of Bedford (23 September 1818-22 April 1897) was born Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West, daughter of the 5th Earl De La Warr and the Countess De La Warr. She acted as a bridesmaid at the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 10 February 1840. On 18 June 1844 she was married to Francis Russell, a grandson of the late 6th Duke of Bedford and nephew of Lord John Russell, the Whig politician and future Prime Minister.

Eric Pohlmann was Austrian-British theatre, film and television character actor. Born Erich Pollak in Vienna, he was a classically trained actor who studied under the renowned director Max Reinhardt. He appeared at the Raimund Theater, and supplemented his income by working as an entertainer in a bar. In 1939 he followed his fiancée, and later wife, the Jewish actress Lieselotte Goettinger, into exile in London.

Percival Spencer Umfreville (Spencer) Pickering (6 March 1858 - 5 December 1920) was a physical chemist and horticulturist. Pickering grew up in a wealthy family, and was able to start a career in science by building his own laboratory in his private house. In 1881, he took up a position as lecturer at Bedford College, where he stayed until 1887. After losing an eye in a serious accident in his lab, …

John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Powick, KG, was a nobleman and administrator. He was the son and eventual heir of Sir William Beauchamp of Powick in Worcestershire (c.1370–c.1421), Constable of Gloucester, and his wife, Katherine Usflete (d. after 1436). Beauchamp's father, a near kinsman of the Earls of Warwick, had been a royal retainer under Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V. On his father's death he also entered the the king's service.