Laura Russell married George Augustus Constantine Phipps, third Earl of Mulgrave and
second Marquess of Normanby, in 1844. They had seven children. Lord Mulgrave became
lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia in January 1858. He and Lady Mulgrave remained
there until 1863.
For Lord Mulgrave, see Dictionary of Canadian Biography (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966-) Vol.11 (1881-90) pp. 686-87. BCCOR 175.1.