Lord Edward Russell (1642–1714)

English politician

For other uses, see Edward Russell.

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
Born	1643 (1643)
Died	30 June 1714 (aged 70–71)
Spouse	Francis Lloyd (m. 1688)
Parent	William Russell (father)
Relatives	William Russell (brother)
Education	University of Padua

Lord Edward Russell (1643 – 30 June 1714) was an English politician, known as Hon. Edward Russell until 1694. He married Francis Lloyd, a widow, in 1688. 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. 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

^ "Historical Memoirs of the House of Russell: From the Times of the Norman Conquest, Volume 2", Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen, Longman, 1833.
"RUSSELL, Hon. Edward (c.1642-1714)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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
"The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning with "T"". Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2010.

Parliament of England
Preceded byLord Russell Sir Francis Drake	Member of Parliament for Tavistock 1679–1683 With: Sir Francis Drake	Succeeded bySir James Butler John Beare
Preceded bySir Villiers Chernock William Boteler	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1689–1705 With: William Duncombe 1689–1690, 1695–1698 Thomas Browne 1690–1695 Sir William Gostwick 1698–1705	Succeeded bySir William Gostwick Sir Pynsent Chernock
Preceded byLord Robert Russell Sir Francis Drake	Member of Parliament for Tavistock 1701–1702 With: Lord Robert Russell	Succeeded byLord Robert Russell Lord James Russell
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded bySir William Gostwick Sir Pynsent Chernock	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1708–1713 With: Sir William Gostwick	Succeeded bySir Pynsent Chernock John Harvey
Court offices
VacantTitle last held bySir Rowland Gwynne	Treasurer of the Chamber 1694–1702	Succeeded byThe Viscount Fitzhardinge
Honorary titles
Preceded byThe Viscount Bulkeley	Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire 1689–1714	Succeeded byLord Willoughby de Eresby
Preceded byThe 1st Duke of Bedford	Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Middlesex 1700–1701	Succeeded byThe 2nd Duke of Bedford
Preceded byThe 1st Duke of Bedford	Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex 1700–1701	Succeeded byThe 2nd Duke of Bedford

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