Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford

His Grace

The Duke of Bedford
His Grace; The Duke of Bedford
	Portrait by Walter Stoneman, 1952
Tenure	27 August 1940 – 9 October 1953
Successor	Ian Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford
Other titles	12th Marquess of Tavistock; 16th Earl of Bedford; 16th Baron Russell; 14th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh; 12th Baron Howland;
Born	21 December 1888; Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Died	9 October 1953 (aged 64); Endsleigh Cottage, Devon, England
Spouse(s)	Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell (m. 1914)
Issue	John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford; Daphne Crommelin Russell; Hugh Hastings Russell;
Parents	Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford; Mary du Caurroy Tribe;

Hastings William Sackville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford (21 December 1888 – 9 October 1953) was a British peer. He was born at Cairnsmore House, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, the son of Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford, and his wife Mary Du Caurroy Tribe, the aviator and ornithologist. He was known for both his career as a naturalist and for his involvement in far-right politics.

Russell died after accidentally shooting himself in 1953.

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