Baron Ampthill

Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill

Baron Ampthill , of Ampthill in the County of Bedford , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award

The title was created for Sir Odo Russell on March 11, 1881 . At the time, he was the UK's ambassador in Berlin, after having been the unofficial ambassador to the Vatican for many years . He was a grandson of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford - the barons are therefore also in the line of succession for this Dukedom including the subordinate titles.

List of Barons Ampthill (1881)

Coat of arms of the respective Baron Ampthill

• Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill (1829-1884)
• Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill (1869–1935)
• John Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill (1896–1973)
• Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill (1921-2011)
• David Russell, 5th Baron Ampthill (born 1947)

Probable title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is his younger brother, the Hon. Anthony John Mark Russell (* 1952). His title heir is his son William Odo Alexander Russell (* 1986).

Web links

• Ampthill, Baron (UK, 1881) at Cracroft's Peerage