Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford
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Portrait by Walter Stoneman, 1952  | |
| Tenure | 27 August 1940 – 9 October 1953 | 
| Successor | Ian Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford | 
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| Born | 21 December 1888 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland  | 
| Died | 9 October 1953 (aged 64) Endsleigh Cottage, Devon, England  | 
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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 British far-right politics including his involvement as the co-founder of the British People's Party.
Russell died after accidentally shooting himself in 1953.