Family and Education
b. c. 1644, 5th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir William Russell, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Bedford, and bro. of Hon. Edward Russell, Hon. James Russell and Hon. William Russel. educ. travelled abroad (France, Italy, Germany, Low Countries) 1660-6; Padua 1664. m. 1690, his cos. Letitia, da. of Hon. Edward Russell of Corney House, Chiswick, Mdx., wid. of Thomas Cheke of Pirgo, Essex, s.p. styled Lord Robert Russell 11 May 1694.J. H. Wiffen, Mems. Russell Fam. ii. 161, 222, 223; G. Scott Thomson, Life in a Noble Household, 96-110.
Offices Held
J.p. Beds. by 1687 – Feb. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; commr. for assessment, Beds. and Devon 1689–90.
Clerk of the pipe 1689–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Covent Garden, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
RUSSELL, Hon. Robert (c.1644-1703)
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