The arms are those of Russell impaling those of Leveson-Gower, as borne by John, 7th Duke of Bedford, born in 1710. He was 1st Lord of the Admiralty 1744-1747, one of the principal Secretaries of State 1747-1751, and was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1756-1761. He was Ambassador to France 1762-1763. He married, as his second wife, Gertrude, daughter of 1st Earl Gower and died in 1771. In politics, like Admiral Anson who served under him at the Admiralty, Bedford was a Whig with a certain distance from Walpole and later in life led that section of the party known as the "Bedford Whigs" or "Bloomsbury Gang" who were in favor of the Stamp Act and the prosecution of Wilkes.