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Lord Edward Russell (1642–1714)

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Lord Edward Russell
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
In office
1689-1705
1708–1713
Treasurer of the Chamber
In office
1694–1702
Member of Parliament for Tavistock
In office
1679–1683
1701-1702
Personal details
Born1643 (1643)
Died30 June 1714 (aged 70–71)
Spouse
Francis Lloyd
(m. 1688)
Parent
RelativesWilliam Russell (brother)
EducationUniversity of Padua

Lord Edward Russell (1643[1]: 222  – 30 June 1714) was an English politician, known as Hon. Edward Russell until 1694.[2] He married Francis Lloyd, a widow, in 1688.[3]: 270 [1]: 222  They had no children.

Edward Russell was son of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616–1700). Edward was educated privately and at the University of Padua. At the time of the 1st Duke's death, Edward was the oldest surviving son, but the dukedom passed instead to Edward's nephew, the young Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford. This was because Wriothesley was the son of Edward's elder brother William Russell, Lord Russell.

Edward Russell represented Tavistock in Parliament from 13 February 1679 to 23 March 1683.[4] Russell was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire in 1689 at the Glorious Revolution, and was Treasurer of the Chamber from 1694 to 1702. He was briefly the Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, and Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex from 1700 until 1701, when his nephew Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford reached his majority and assumed those offices.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Historical Memoirs of the House of Russell: From the Times of the Norman Conquest, Volume 2", Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen, Longman, 1833.
  2. ^ "RUSSELL, Hon. Edward (c.1642-1714)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. ^ Collins, Arthur. The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom Etc. Fourth Edition, Carefully Corrected, and Continued to the Present Time, Volume 1, page 258-278. Woodfall, H et al.1768
  4. ^ "The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning with "T"". Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tavistock
1679–1683
With: Sir Francis Drake
Succeeded by
Sir James Butler
John Beare
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
1689–1705
With: William Duncombe 1689–1690, 1695–1698
Thomas Browne 1690–1695
Sir William Gostwick 1698–1705
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tavistock
1701–1702
With: Lord Robert Russell
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
1708–1713
With: Sir William Gostwick
Succeeded by
Court offices
Vacant
Title last held by
Sir Rowland Gwynne
Treasurer of the Chamber
1694–1702
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire
1689–1714
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire,
Cambridgeshire
and Middlesex

1700–1701
Succeeded by
Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex
1700–1701