Age: 64
Sex: male
Date: 9 Oct 1953
Place: Endsleigh, Devon
Hastings William Sackville Russell, the 12th Duke of Bedford was found shot dead on his 12,000 acre estate in Endsleigh, Devon on Sunday 11 October 1953.
He was found dead with severe head wounds. It was thought that his death would have been instantaneous.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Wikipedia
see Bedford, John Robert Russell, Duke of (1998), A silver-plated spoon, Library Services Branch, Province of British Columbia, OCLC 79239886
see Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 14 October 1953
see Dundee Courier - Monday 12 October 1953
see Northern Whig - Monday 12 October 1953
see Daily Mirror - Monday 12 October 1953
see Liverpool Echo - Friday 11 December 1953
see Lancashire Evening Post - Saturday 10 October 1953
see Unsolved 1953
