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John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1710)

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John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

18th-century British statesman

John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford was a British Whig statesman and peer who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1757 to 1761. A leading member of the Whig party during the Seven Years' War, he negotiated the 1763 Treaty of Paris which ended the conflict. Bedford was…
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Secretary of State for the Southern Department

Former British political position

The secretary of state for the Southern Department was a position in the cabinet of the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782, when the Southern Department became the Home Office.
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January 5

Day of the year

January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 360 days remain until the end of the year.
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