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.
References
- ^ "RUSSELL, Hon. Edward (c.1642-1714)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Tcommons1.htm
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