Parents
- Wriothesley Russell (1680 - 1711), Duke of Bedford, lord high constable of England, lord-lieutenant of Bedfordshire
- Elizabeth Howland (c. 1675 - 1724)
Family
- Married on October 11, 1731, with Diana Spencer (1710 - 1735), issuing
- John (1732 - 1732)
- Married on April 2, 1737, with Gertrude Leveson Gower (1714 - 1794), issuing
Occupations
- first lord of the Admiralty (1744 - 1748)
- secretary of State for the Southern Department (1748 - 1751)
- Lord Privy Seal (1761 - 1763)
- Lord President of the Council of the Council (1763 - 1765)
- ambassador to France (1762 - 1763)
- chancellor of the University of Dublin (1765 - 1771)
- lord-lieutenant of Bedfordshire (1745 - 1771)
- lord-lieutenant of Devon (1751 - 1771)
- vice-admiral of Devon (1761 - 1771)
- president of the Foundling Hospital (1739 - 1771)