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     Oliver St. John, 1st Baron St. John of Bletso was born before 1541. He was the son of Sir John St. John and Margaret Waldegrave.¹ He died before 23 May 1582.
     Oliver St. John, 1st Baron St. John of Bletso was created 1st Baron St. John of Bletso in 1559.²

     Edward Russell, Lord Russell was the son of Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford and Margaret St. John.² He married Jane Sibella Morrison, daughter of Sir Richard Morrison and Bridget Hussey, circa 1571.¹ He died before June 1572, without issue.¹ He died intestate and his estate was administered on 30 June 1572.¹ He was buried at Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England.¹
     Edward Russell, Lord Russell was styled as Lord Russell.¹

     Jane Sibella Morrison was the daughter of Sir Richard Morrison and Bridget Hussey.¹ She married, firstly, Edward Russell, Lord Russell, son of Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford and Margaret St. John, circa 1571.¹ She married, secondly, Sir Arthur Grey, 14th Lord Grey after 1572.¹ She died in July 1615.² Her will (dated 6 March 1614/5) was probated on 14 July 1615.²
     Her married name became Russell. From after 1572, her married name became Grey.¹ She was naturalized as a English subject in 1575/76.¹

     Sir Richard Morrison married Bridget Hussey, daughter of John Hussey, 1st Lord Hussey and Lady Anne Grey.¹ He died on 17 March 1556 at Strasbourg, France.¹
     Sir Richard Morrison lived at Cashiobury, Hertfordshire, England.¹

     Alexander Esmond Baring was born on 26 June 1953.¹ He was the son of S/Ldr. Aubrey George Adeane Baring and Marina Bessel.¹ He married Zein El Guindi in 1986.¹ He died on 14 August 2004 at age 51.²
     Alexander Esmond Baring was educated at Milton Abbey, Dorset, England.¹ He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹

     Sir Francis Russell, Lord Russell was the son of Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford and Margaret St. John.¹ He married Juliana Foster, daughter of Sir John Foster, on 15 April 1571.² He died on 27 July 1585, mortally wounded in a fray on the Scottish border.² He was buried at Alnwick, Northumberland, England.² He died intestate and his estate was administered on 14 September 1585.²
     Sir Francis Russell, Lord Russell was invested as a Knight in 1570 for services in Scotland, by the Earl of Sussex.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Northumberland between 1572 and 1584.² He was styled as Lord Russell from 1584 to 1585.¹

     Juliana Foster was the daughter of Sir John Foster.¹ She married Sir Francis Russell, Lord Russell, son of Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford and Margaret St. John, on 15 April 1571.¹ She died before 1585.¹
     Her married name became Russell.

     
     Sir John Foster held the office of Warden of the Middle Marches.¹ He was invested as a Knight.

     Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford was born on 20 December 1572.² He was the son of Sir Francis Russell, Lord Russell and Juliana Foster.¹ He married Lucy Harington, daughter of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton and Ann Kelway, on 12 December 1594 at Stepney, London, England, bringing him £10,000 and the estate of Minster Lovel.² He died on 3 May 1627 at age 54 at Moore Park, Hertfordshire, England, without surviving issue.² He was buried on 11 May 1627 at Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England.² He died intestate and his estate was administered to his widow on 8 May 1627.²
     Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Russell [E., 1539] on 28 July 1585.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Bedford [E., 1550] on 28 July 1585.¹ In February 1600/1 he engaged in the insurrection of the Earl of Essex, was fined £10,000 and was briefly imprisoned.² He held the office of Custos Rotulorum of Devon between 1603 and 1619.²

     Lucy Harington was the daughter of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton and Ann Kelway.¹ She married Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford, son of Sir Francis Russell, Lord Russell and Juliana Foster, on 12 December 1594 at Stepney, London, England, bringing him £10,000 and the estate of Minster Lovel.¹ She died on 26 May 1627 at Moore Park, Hertfordshire, England.¹ She was buried at Exton, Rutland, England.¹ She died intestate and her estate was administered on 4 July 1627.¹
     As a result of her marriage, Lucy Harington was styled as Countess of Bedford on 12 December 1594. From 12 December 1594, her married name became Russell. She was a patroness of literature.¹