Biography of Diana Russell Countess Bradford -1695

Diana Russell Countess Bradford was born to [her father] Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford and [her mother] Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford.

On 9th August 1613 [her grandfather] William Russell 1st Baron Russell [aged 53] died. His son [her father] Francis [aged 20] succeeded 2nd Baron Russell of Thornhaugh.

Before August 1616 [her father] Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford [aged 23] and [her mother] Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford [aged 36] were married.

On 3rd May 1627 Edward Russell 3rd Earl Bedford [aged 54] died at Moor Park, Hertfordshire. His first cousin [her father] Francis [aged 34] succeeded 4th Earl Bedford, 4th Baron Russell of Cheneys. [her mother] Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford [aged 47] by marriage Countess Bedford.

Before 1634 [her brother-in-law] George Digby 2nd Earl Bristol [aged 21] and [her sister] Anne Russell Countess Bristol [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford [aged 40] and [her mother] Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford [aged 53]. He the son of John Digby 1st Earl Bristol [aged 53] and Beatrice Walcott.

On 11th July 1637 [her brother] William Russell 1st Duke Bedford [aged 20] and [her sister-in-law] Anne Carr Countess of Bedford [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset [aged 50] and Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset. He the son of [her father] Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford [aged 44] and [her mother] Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford [aged 57].

Before 1638 [her brother-in-law] Robert Greville 2nd Baron Brooke [aged 30] and [her sister] Catherine Russell Baroness Brooke were married. She by marriage Baroness Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire. She the daughter of [her father] Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford [aged 44] and [her mother] Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford [aged 57]. They were half sixth cousins.

On 9th May 1641 [her father] Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford [aged 48] died. His son [her brother] William [aged 24] succeeded 5th Earl Bedford, 5th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 3rd Baron Russell of Thornhaugh. [her sister-in-law] Anne Carr Countess of Bedford [aged 25] by marriage Countess Bedford.

On 28th April 1642 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 22] and Diana Russell Countess Bradford were married at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map]. She the daughter of Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford and Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford [aged 62].

After 28th April 1642 Peter Lely [aged 23]. Portrait of Diana Russell Countess Bradford.

On 3rd September 1644 [her son] Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford was born to [her husband] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 24] and Diana Russell Countess Bradford. He married 20th April 1681 Mary Wilbraham Countess Bradford, daughter of Thomas Wilbraham 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Mytton Lady Wilbrahim, and had issue.

On 8th February 1651 [her father-in-law] Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport [aged 63] died. His son [her husband] Francis [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Baron Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire. Diana Russell Countess Bradford by marriage Baroness Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire.

On 21st January 1653 John Digby 1st Earl Bristol [aged 72] died in Paris [Map]. His son [her brother-in-law] George [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Earl Bristol. [her sister] Anne Russell Countess Bristol [aged 33] by marriage Countess Bristol.

Around 1655 [her son] Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington was born to [her husband] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 34] and Diana Russell Countess Bradford at High Ercall, Shropshire. He married (1) before 1696 Lucy Atkyns (2) 22nd July 1700 Penelope Bridgeman, daughter of Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet and Mary Cave Lady Bridgeman (3) 8th July 1709 Anne Pierrepont Baroness Torrington.

In 1657 [her mother] Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford [aged 77] died.

On 2nd November 1665 [her son-in-law] Henry Lyttelton 2nd Baronet [aged 41] and Elizabeth Newport were married. She the daughter of Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 45] and Diana Russell Countess Bradford.

On 11th March 1675 [her husband] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 55] was created 1st Viscount Newport of Bradford in Shropshire. Diana Russell Countess Bradford by marriage Viscountess Newport of Bradford in Shropshire.

On 1st December 1676 [her sister] Catherine Russell Baroness Brooke died.

John Evelyn's Diary. 17th June 1679. I was godfather to a son of Sir Christopher Wren [aged 55], surveyor of his Majesty's [aged 49] buildings, that most excellent and learned person, with Sir William Fermor [aged 30], and my Lady Viscountess Newport, wife of the [her husband] Treasurer of the Household [aged 59].

On 20th April 1681 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 36] and Mary Wilbraham Countess Bradford [aged 19] were married. He the son of Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 61] and Diana Russell Countess Bradford.

In 1683 [her son-in-law] Thomas Howard [aged 32] and Diana Newport were married. She the daughter of Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 62] and Diana Russell Countess Bradford.

On 11th May 1694 [her husband] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 74] was created 1st Earl Bradford. Diana Russell Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.

On 11th May 1694 [her brother] William Russell 1st Duke Bedford [aged 77] was created 1st Duke Bedford, 1st Marquess Tavistock.

On 30th January 1695 Diana Russell Countess Bradford died.

On 19th September 1708 [her former husband] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 88] died at Twickenham, Richmond. His son Richard [aged 64] succeeded 2nd Earl Bradford, 2nd Viscount Newport of Bradford in Shropshire, 3rd Baron Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire. Mary Wilbraham Countess Bradford [aged 47] by marriage Countess Bradford.

[her daughter] Catherine Newport Baroness Herbert Chirbury was born to Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford and Diana Russell Countess Bradford. She married her third cousin Henry Herbert 4th Baron Herbert Chirbury, son of Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury and Mary Egerton Baroness Herbert Chirbury.

[her daughter] Elizabeth Newport was born to Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford and Diana Russell Countess Bradford. She married 2nd November 1665 Henry Lyttelton 2nd Baronet, son of Thomas Lyttelton 1st Baronet.

[her daughter] Diana Newport was born to Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford and Diana Russell Countess Bradford. She married 1683 Thomas Howard and had issue.