RUSSELL, Edward (c.1652-1727), of Chippenham Hall, Cambs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1652, 2nd s. of Hon. Edward Russell (d.1665) of Corney House, Chiswick, Mdx. by Penelope, da. of Sir Moyses Hill of Hillsborough, co. Down, wid. of Hon. Arthur Wilmot of Dublin and of Sir William Brooke of Cooling Castle, Kent. educ. Tottenham (Mr Lewis); St. John’s, Camb. 1666. m. 12 Nov. 1691, his cos. Lady Margaret Russell, da. of Sir William Russell, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Bedford, s.p. suc. bro. 1674; cr. Earl of Orford 7 May 1697.The Ancestor, xi. 21.

Offices Held

Lt. RN 1671, capt. 1672 – 82, adm. 1689, adm. of the fleet 1694–5.

Groom of the bedchamber to the Duke of York 1682 – 83; PC 14 Feb. 1689-Mar., 8 Nov. 1709 – d.; treas. of the navy 1689 – 99; elder bro. Trinity House 1689 – d., master 1690 – 92; ld. of Admiralty 1690 – 91, first ld. 1694 – 99, 1709 – 10, 1714 – 17; one of the lds. justices 1697 – 98, 1714; commr. for union with Scotland 1706.CSP Dom. July-Sept. 1683, p. 245; 1689–90, p. 29.

J.p. and custos rot. Cambs. 1689 – d., commr. for assessment 1689 – 90, commr. for Greenwich Hospital 1694; conservator, Bedford level 1696 – 1711; high steward, Cambridge 1699 – d.; dep. lt. Cambs. by 1701 – 14, ld. lt. 1714–d. recorder, Harwich ?1715–d.CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 181; 1700–2, p. 225; S. Wells, Drainage of the Bedford Level, i. 469–71; S. Dale, Harwich and Dovercourt, 224.

Parlimentarian

RUSSELL, Edward (c.1652-1727), of Chippenham Hall, Cambs.

Main residence: Chippenham Hall, Cambs.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

RUSSELL, Edward (c.1652-1727)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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