He regained the earldom in 1485 when his nephew Henry VII came to the throne and was elevated to the dukedom the same year.

The courtesy title of the Duke of Bedford's eldest son and heir is Marquess of Tavistock.

The private mausoleum and chapel of the Russell Family and the Dukes of Bedford is at St. Michael's Church in Chenies, Buckinghamshire (photo).

Henry, a great-grandfather of the 1st earl, was a substantial wine merchant and shipper, who represented Weymouth in the House of Commons four times.

In the deed, Henry referred to himself as son and heir of Sir Stephen Russell and of Alice, his wife.

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Henry Robin Charles Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (b.

Includes dukes of: Albany, Albemarle, Bedford, Cambridge, Clarence, Connaught and Strathearn, Cumberland, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Gloucester and Edinburgh, Hereford, Kent, Kintyre and Lorne, Norfolk, Ross, Somerset, Sussex, Windsor, and York, but only when royally.