Peerage Record – 5389

     Elizabeth Marianne Russell was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Lord Charles James Fox Russell and Isabella Clarisa Davies. She married Francis Augustus Bevan, son of Robert Cooper Lee Bevan and Agneta Elizabeth Yorke, on 22 July 1862.¹ She died on 8 June 1863.¹
     Her married name became Bevan.

     Francis Augustus Bevan was born on 17 January 1840.³ He was the son of Robert Cooper Lee Bevan and Agneta Elizabeth Yorke.^3,4 He married, firstly, Elizabeth Marianne Russell, daughter of Lt.-Col. Lord Charles James Fox Russell and Isabella Clarisa Davies, on 22 July 1862.⁵ He married, secondly, Constance Hogg, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir James Weir Hogg, 1st Bt. and Mary Claudine Swinton, on 19 April 1866.⁴ He married, thirdly, Maria Trotter in 1875.⁵ He died in 1919.
     He was partner in the Lombard Street banking house of Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, Bouverie & Company.² He was chairman of Barclay Bank.² He lived before 1890 at Ludgrove Hall, Cockfosters, London, England^G.⁵ He lived in 1890 at Trent Park, Cockfosters Road, Enfield, London, England^G.⁵

     Cosmo Bevan was born on 26 May 1863.¹ He was the son of Francis Augustus Bevan and Elizabeth Marianne Russell. He married Marion Leila Sulivan on 5 February 1891. He died on 29 October 1935 at age 72.

     Marion Leila Sulivan married Cosmo Bevan, son of Francis Augustus Bevan and Elizabeth Marianne Russell, on 5 February 1891.
     Her married name became Bevan.

     Desmond Russell Bevan was born on 27 February 1892. He was the son of Cosmo Bevan and Marion Leila Sulivan. He married Dorothy Lucy Martin on 23 June 1921. He died on 9 July 1931 at age 39.

     Dorothy Lucy Martin married Desmond Russell Bevan, son of Cosmo Bevan and Marion Leila Sulivan, on 23 June 1921.
     Her married name became Francis Augustus.

     Major Hon. Thomas David Freeman-Mitford was born on 2 January 1909.¹ He was the son of David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles.¹ He died on 30 March 1945 at age 36 at Burma^G, from wounds received in action.¹
     He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1932 entitled to practise as a barrister.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Queen’s Westminster Regiment.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹

     Hon. Unity Vallkyrie Freeman-Mitford was born on 8 August 1914.¹ She was the daughter of David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles.¹ She died on 28 May 1948 at age 33, unmarried.¹
     She lived in Germany for many years and was notorious for her associations with leading Nazis and admired Hitler. She attempted suicide on the outbreak of war because ‘she could not bear the thought of the two counties she loved being at war’ and returned to Britain in January 1940.

     Hon. Nancy Freeman-Mitford was born on 28 November 1904.¹ She was the daughter of David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Hon. Peter Murray Rennell Rodd, son of James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell and Lilias Georgina Guthrie, on 4 December 1933.¹ She and Lt.-Col. Hon. Peter Murray Rennell Rodd were divorced in 1958.¹ She died in 1973.²
     She wrote the book Highland Fling, published 1931.¹ She wrote the book Christmas Pudding, published 1932.¹ Her married name became Rodd. She was an author.¹ She wrote the book Wigs on the Green, published 1935.¹ She wrote the book The Ladies of the Alderley, published 1938.¹ She wrote the book The Stanleys of Alderley, published 1939.¹ She wrote the book Pigeon Pie, published 1940.¹ She wrote the book The Pursuit of Love, published 1945.³ She wrote the book Love In a Cold Climate, published 1949.¹ She wrote the book The Blessing, published 1951.¹ She wrote the book Madame de Pompadour, published 1954.³ She edited the book Noblesse Oblige, published 1956.³ She wrote the book Voltaire in Love, published 1957.³ She wrote the book The Water Beetle, published 1962.¹ She wrote the book The Sun King, published 1966.³ She wrote the book Frederick the Great, published 1970.³

     Lt.-Col. Hon. Peter Murray Rennell Rodd was born on 16 April 1904.¹ He was the son of James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell and Lilias Georgina Guthrie.¹ He married Hon. Nancy Freeman-Mitford, daughter of David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles, on 4 December 1933.² He and Hon. Nancy Freeman-Mitford were divorced in 1958.² He died on 17 July 1968 at age 64, without issue.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Welsh Guards.¹