RUSSELL, Hon. James (c.1647-1712), of Laverstoke, nr. Whitchurch, Hants and Maidwell, Northants.

b. c. 1647, 6th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir William Russell, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Bedford, and bro. of Hon. Edward Russell, Hon. Robert Russell and Hon. William Russell. educ. Twickenham (Mr William Fuller) 1659; Westminster 1660; Magdalen Coll. Oxf. matric. 26 Oct. 1666, aged 20; travelled abroad (Italy) c.1669. m. (1) lic. 5 July 1682, aged 34, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Edmund Wright of Swakeleys, Ickenham, Mdx., ld. mayor of London 1640-1, wid. of (Sir) John Trott, 1st Bt. of Laverstoke, s.p.; (2) lic. 11 Aug. 1698, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Richard Lloyd, Mercer, of London, 1da. styled. Lord James Russell 11 May 1694.G. Scott Thomson, Life in a Noble Household, 93-94; Wood’s Life and Times (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxi), 170; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1167-8; PCC 120 Lloyd.