The Bedfords: a marriage of minds

John Martin Robinson

JOHN RUSSELL, 6TH DUKE of Bedford (1766-1839), was a younger son who unexpectedly inherited a dukedom and vast estates including Covent Garden and Bloomsbury, in London, where he built the magnificent neoclassical market hall in the former and completed urban development of the latter around five new garden squares. His wife Georgina (1781-1853) was the daughter of Jane, Duchess of Gordon (1749-1812), the pioneer late-Georgian populariser of the Highlands with her Lodge at Kinrara in Perthshire, two generations before Queen Victoria at Balmoral. The 6th Duke strove to complete his brother’s agricultural and architectural improvements, and to continue the family’s support for Foxite Whiggery; Georgina perpetuated her mother’s love of the Scottish landscape. Their joint marital career is the subject of this book. John felt overshadowed by his more handsome…

You're reading a preview of

The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2023

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.