George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, was an English diplomat and statesman from the Villiers family. Following diplomatic postings, he served a succession of Whig and Liberal administrations. This included as Viceroy in famine-stricken Ireland and, on the first of three occasions as Foreign Secretary, as the United Kingdom's chief representative at the Congress of Paris which ended the Crimean War.
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician. He held office in every Liberal administration from 1852 to 1895, notably as Secretary of State for the Colonies and as Foreign Secretary.
Ampthill is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It lies between Bedford and Luton. At the 2021 census it had a population of 8,825.
Baron Ampthill, of Ampthill in the County of Bedfordshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 March 1881 for the diplomat Lord Odo Russell. He was the third son of Major-General Lord George Russell, second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford.
Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea, known between May 1882 and June 1893 as Sir Hussey Vivian, 1st Baronet, was a Welsh industrialist and politician from the Vivian family.
Tenterden is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England. The 2021 census published the population of the parish to be 8,186.
Geoffrey Denis Erskine Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill,, was a British hereditary peer and businessman, whose paternity and succession to the peerage were disputed in the "Ampthill baby case".
Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill,, styled Lord Odo Russell between 1872 and 1881, was a British diplomat and the first British Ambassador to the German Empire.
Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp PC DL, styled The Honourable Frederick Lygon between 1853 and 1866, was a British Conservative politician.
Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill, was a British peer and civil servant. He served as Governor of Madras from October 1900 to February 1906, and as acting Viceroy of India from April to December 1904.
Lord Arthur John Edward Russell was a British Liberal Party politician.
Elizabeth Anne, Lady William Russell was the socialite wife of Lord George William Russell.
Major-General Lord George William Russell was a British soldier, politician and diplomat. He was the second son of the 6th Duke of Bedford and brother to John Russell, the Whig and Liberal Prime Minister. Among his children were Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford, Arthur Russell, MP and diplomat Odo Russell.
The Hope Town District Council is a local government council in the Bahamas. It is a third schedule district council located within the Abaco Islands of the northwest Bahamas.
John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory FRS DL, styled Lord Gowran from 1751–8, was an Anglo-Irish peer, soldier, and member of parliament.
Emily Theresa Russell, Baroness Ampthill, was a British courtier.
Captain John Hugo Russell, 3rd Baron Ampthill was a British peer who served in the Royal Navy in both the First and Second World Wars.
The Russell case, also called the Ampthill baby case, was a series of proceedings related to the conception of Geoffrey Russell. It covered two divorce cases and the claim to the British peerage title Baron Ampthill, and the possibility of a virgin birth.
Sir Odo William Theophilus Russell was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Switzerland, the Vatican and the Netherlands.
Milton Ernest Hall is a large grade I listed country house in the village of Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire, England. It now serves as a nursing home.
