John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford

John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (born May 24, 1917 in London , † October 25, 2002 in Santa Fe , New Mexico ) was a British peer and writer.

Russell initially carried the courtesy title of Lord Howland , 1940-1953 that of Marquess of Tavistock . With the death of his father Hastings Russell in 1953 Russell inherited the title of Duke of Bedford and the then associated seat in the House of Lords .

From 1939 until he was wounded in 1940, Russell took part in the Second World War with the Coldstream Guards . He then turned to journalism and worked as a reporter for the Daily Express in 1940.

He wrote the following books:

A Silver-Plated Spoon (1959)
- German: All that glitters is not gold: An aristocratic life in our time , translated from the English by Ursula Princess zu Hohenlohe; Econ-Verlag, Vienna / Düsseldorf 1968
The Duke of Bedford's Book of Snobs (1965)
- German: Treatise on the fine British style: The Book of Snobs , from the English by Ursula Princess zu Hohenlohe, with drawings by HE Köhler; Fischer library, Frankfurt am Main / Hamburg 1970
The Flying Duchess (1968)
How to Run a Stately Home (1971)

Russell was married three times and had three children, including Henry Robin Ian Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford .

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predecessor	Office	successor
Hastings Russell	Duke of Bedford 1953-2002	Henry Robin Ian Russell

personal data
SURNAME	Russell, John, 13th Duke of Bedford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Russell, John Ian Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British nobleman and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 24, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	October 25, 2002
Place of death	Santa Fe