John Russell, 1st Earl Russell up the children of his eldest son Lord Amberley, orphaned by the deaths of their mother Katharine Russell, Viscountess Amberley in 1874 and their father two years later. These included philosopher Bertrand Russell, who recalled his grandfather in his later life as "a kindly old man in a wheelchair." The 1st Earl Russell is buried at the 'Bedford Chapel' at St. Michael's Church, Chenies. He was succeeded as Liberal leader by former Peelite William Gladstone, and was thus the last true Whig to serve as Prime Minister. Generally taken as the model for Anthony Trollope's Mr Mildmay, aspects of his
Lawrence Russell Dewey Lawrence Russell Dewey Lawrence Russell Dewey (May 19, 1901 – December 18, 1994) was a major general in the United States Army. Dewey was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He married Florence Powers and had four children. Lawrence Russell Dewey,Jr.; Florence"Cici" Powers Dewey(Mrs.Francis J.Hughes); Donald Herbert Dewey; Elizabeth Hazard Dewey(Mrs.Christopher L. Vance) Their son, Lawrence, Jr., also became an officer in the military. Dewey died on December 18, 1994 in Washington, D.C. and is buried with Florence at Arlington National Cemetery. Dewey graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1924. From 1933 to 1939, he served as aide-de-camp to