Lord Edward Russell (1642–1714)

Lord Edward Russell (ca. 1642–30 June 1714) was an English politician, known as Hon. Edward Russell until 1694. ^[1]

Russell was the eldest surviving son of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616–1700). He was educated privately and at the University of Padua. He did not succeed his father in 1700 as the 2nd Duke of Bedford as the attainder of William Russell, 5th Earl of Bedford, the previous Duke of Bedford, was reversed in 1688. That honour passed instead to his nephew, the young Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford.

He represented Tavistock in Parliament from 13 February 1679 to 23 March 1683.^[2] 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.

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

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