Lord Alexander Russell


General Lord Alexander George Russell GCB , was a British Army general. He served during the Siege of Sevastapol in the Crimean War.

Russell was born at Woburn, Bedfordshire, the son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and his second wife, Lady Georgina Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, although it has been claimed that Russells father was actually the Victorian painter Sir Edwin Landseer, who conducted a lengthy affair with the Duchess of Bedford. He was the halfbrother of Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford, Lord George Russell and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell and the full brother of Lord Edward Russell and Lord Charles Russell.

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