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Baron Ampthill, of Ampthill in the County of Bedford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when It was created on 11 March 1881 for the diplomat Sir Odo Russell. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was the third son of Major-General Lord George Russell, second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. Major General or Major-General is a Military rank used in many countries Major-General Lord George William Russell ( 8 May 1790 &ndash 16 July 1846) was an English Soldier, Politician John Russell 6th Duke of Bedford KG PC LLD FSA ( 6 July 1766 &ndash 20 October 1839) was a younger His son, the second Baron, served as Governor of Madras from 1899 to 1906 and was interim Viceroy of India in 1904. 1755&ndash1763 George Pigot 1st Baron Pigot 1763&ndash1767 Sir Robert Palk 1st Baronet 1780&ndash1781 Charles Smith Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Governor-General of India (or from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India) was the head of the British administration in India, and Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on As of 2007 the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1973. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a cross-bencher. Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" The House of Lords Act 1999 (1999 c 34 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999 As a descendant of the sixth Duke of Bedford he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.

Barons Ampthill (1881)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's eldest son Hon. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive David Whitney Erskine Russell (b. The Hon David Whitney Erskine Russell (born 27 May 1947) is the son and heir of Geoffrey Russell 4th Baron Ampthill and was educated at Stowe School 1947)

The Heir Apparent's Heir Presumptive is his youngest brother Hon. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne peerage or other hereditary honor but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an Heir apparent Anthony John Mark Russell (b. 1952)

The Heir Presumptive's Heir Apparent is his son William Odo Alexander Russell (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1986)

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