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Funeral of Lord William Russell

Tuesday morning, at an early hour, the mortal remains of the late deeply-regretted Lord William Russell were removed from Norfolk-street, Park-lane, for interment in the family mausoleum of the illustrious house of Russell, at Chenies Church, Buckinghamshire.

At ten minutes past one the funeral cortège arrived at Chenies, when the usual necessary arrangements were made previous to the interment.

It was a quarter past three when the cortège left the rectory house in the subjoined order:- Agents of the Duke of Bedford.
Page............... Two mutes on horseback......... Page.
Page............... Plume of feathers....................... Page.
Six of the principal tenants of the Duke of Bedford wearing crape scarfs, &c.
The Pall Bearers.
Page on each side.

The hearse drawn by six horses appropriately caparisoned, containing the BODY enclosed in a leaden coffin, three pages on each side. The mourning coaches, three in number, then succeeded.
The first, containing the chief mourners, Mr. William Russell, only son, Lord
Wriothesley Russell, son-in-law of the deceased lord, and Lord John Russell. The second - Lord Charles, Lord Edward, and Lord Cosmo Russell.
The third - the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord Alexander Russell, and Mr. Fitzstephen French.

Each mourning coach had the usual compliment of pages.

The coffin, having been taken from the hearse, was conveyed into the middle of the chancel, in front of the altar. The mourners having been conducted to their pews, the customary lessons appointed for the burial of the dead were read by the Rev. Mr. Bowers, rector of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, in a deeply impressive manner. At the termination of the service, the coffin was taken into the chapel and deposited in the family vault.

The funeral ceremony concluded at ten minutes to four, the family circle retiring to the rectory house.

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