Andrew Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford

Birthday March 30, 1962

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Age 61 years old

Nationality United States

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1962

Andrew Ian Henry Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford (born 30 March 1962) is a British peer and landowner.

His main estate is based at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire.

2000

On 16 October 2000, at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, Lord Howland (as he then was) married Louise Rona Crammond, eldest daughter of Donald Ian Crammond, of New House Farm, Bodiam, East Sussex, and of Le Manet, Champignolles, France, formerly deputy chairman of Arthur Shaw, a window fittings manufacturer in the West Midlands, by his wife Rona Clifford Johns (later Lady Delves Broughton), a Member of the Ruling Council and Regulatory Board of Lloyd's of London, a daughter of Ernest Clifford Johns of Wargrave, Berkshire, subsequently from 1974 the 3rd wife of Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Baronet (1915-1993).

They have two children:

2002

He was known as Lord Howland until his grandfather's death in 2002, when he adopted the courtesy title Marquess of Tavistock, previously held by his father, Robin Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford.

He has two younger brothers, Robin and James.

2003

On 13 June 2003 he succeeded to the Dukedom of Bedford when his father suffered a fatal stroke, also becoming 15th Marquess of Tavistock, 19th Earl of Bedford, 17th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, and 15th Baron Howland of Streatham.

2014

The eldest son of Henry Robin Ian Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford, and his wife, Henrietta Tiarks, Bedford was educated at Hall School, Hampstead and Heatherdown School, near Ascot in Berkshire, followed by Harrow School and Harvard, where he received his BA degree.