The Russell family currently holds the titles of Earl and Duke of Bedford. John Russell, a close advisor of Henry VIII and Edward VI, was granted the title of Earl of Bedford in 1551, and his descendant William, 5th Earl, was created Duke following the Glorious Revolution.
The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Bedford, all in the peerage of England, are: Marquess of Tavistock (created 1694), Earl of Bedford (1550), Baron Russell of Cheneys (1539), Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (1603) and Baron Howland (1695). The courtesy title of the Duke of Bedford's eldest son and heir is Marquess of Tavistock.
Bedford, however, having allayed Philips irritation, formed an alliance with him and with John VI., duke of Brittany, at Amiens in April 1423, and himself arranged to marry Anne, a sister of the Burgundian duke.
Bedford, who was anxious to prosecute the war in France, left England again in 1454, but early in 1435 was obliged to consent to the attendance of English representatives at a congress held to arrange terms of peace at Arras.
Bedford was hostile to John Wilkes, and narrowly escaped from a mob favorable to the agitator at Honiton in July 1769.
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford also known as John Plantagenet (June 20, 1389 – September 14, 1435) was the fourth son of King Henry IV of England by Mary de Bohun, and acted as regent for his nephew, King Henry VI of England.
He was created Earl of Kendal, Earl of Richmond and Duke of Bedford in 1414 by his brother, King Henry V.
Bedford defeated the French several times, until the arrival of Joan of Arc on the scene rallied the opposition.
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