Baron Ampthill

Template:Short description Template:Infobox hereditary title Baron Ampthill, of Ampthill in the County of Bedfordshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 March 1881 for the diplomat Lord Odo Russell. He was the third son of Major-General Lord George Russell, second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford.

His son, the second Baron, served as Governor of Madras from 1899 to 1906 and was interim Viceroy of India in 1904. His grandson, the fourth Baron, was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remained in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat as a cross-bencher. Template:As of the title is held by the latter's son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2011.

Barons Ampthill (1881)

• Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill (1829–1884)
• Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill (1869–1935)
• John Hugo Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill (1896–1973)
• Geoffrey Denis Erskine Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill (1921–2011)
• David Whitney Erskine Russell, 5th Baron Ampthill (b. 1947)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, Anthony John Mark Russell (b. 1952).

Family tree

The 5th Baron is 4th cousin once removed of the 15th Duke of Bedford and is currently 16th in the line of succession to the dukedom.

Line of succession

• File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill (1829–1884)
  • File:Coronet of a British Baron.svgOliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill(1869–1935)
    • File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg Captain John Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill (1896–1973)
      • File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill (1921–2011)
        • File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg David Russell, 5th Baron Ampthill (b. 1947)
        • Hon. James Nicholas Geoffrey Russell (1948–1969)
        • (1) Hon. Anthony John Mark Russell (b. 1952)
          • (2) William Odo Alexander Russell (b. 1986)
      • (3) Hon. John Hugo Trenchard Russell (b. 1950)
        • (4) Henry John Trenchard Russell (b. 1977)
          • (5) William Russell (b. 2010)
        • (6) James Peter Faber Russell (b. 1980)
          • (7) Oliver Odo Jonathan Russell (b. 2010)
    • Adm Hon. Sir Guy Russell (1898–1977)
      • Dr. James Rowland Russell (1940–2015)
        • male issue in remainder
      • Oliver Henry Russell (b. 1942)
        • male issue in remainder
    • Wg Cdr Hon. Edward Wriothesley Curzon Russell (1901–1982)
      • male issue in remainder
    • Brig Hon. Leopold Oliver Russell (1907–1988)
      • male issue in remainder
  • Hon. Sir Odo William Theophilus Russell (1870–1951)
    • Cosmo Rex Ivor Russell (1911–2003)
      • male issue in remainder
    • Alaric Charles William Russell (1912–1986)
      • male issue in remainder
    • David Hastings Gerald Russell (1915–1999)
      • male issue in remainder
  • Hon. Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell (1874–1965)
    • male issue in remainder
  • Hon. Alexander Victor Frederick Villiers Russell (1874–1965)
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See also

• Duke of Bedford
• Earl Russell
• Earl of Orford
• Russell case

References

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