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

Family and Education

b. c. 1652, 2nd s. of Hon. Edward Russell (d. 1665, 4th s. of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford) 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, Mdx. (Mark Lewis); St. John’s, Camb. 1666, LL.D. 1705. m. 12 Nov. 1691, his cos. Lady Margaret (d. 1702), da. of William Russell†, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Bedford, at least 1ch. d.v.p. suc. bro. 1674; cr. Earl of Orford 7 May 1697. DNB (Lewis, Mark); Shrewsbury Corresp. 554.

Offices Held

Ent. RN 1666, lt. 1671– June 1672, capt. June 1672–82, adm. 1689, adm. of the fleet 1690– Jan. 1693, Nov. 1693–7; groom of bedchamber to Duke of York 1682–aft.1683; PC 14 Feb. 1689–8 Mar. 1702, 8 Nov. 1709–d.; treasurer of navy 1689–99; ld. of Admiralty 1690–1, first ld. 1694–9, 1709– Sept. 1710, Oct. 1714–17; commr. appeals for prizes 1694–aft.1695; ld. justice 1697–8, 1714; commr. union with Scotland 1706. J. Ehrman, Navy in War of Wm. III, 647; CSP Dom. July–Sept. 1683, p. 245.

Custos rot. Caern. 1689, Cambs. 1689–d., ld. lt. Cambs. 1714–d.; asst. Mines Co. 1693; commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1694; freeman, Portsmouth 1695; conservator, Bedford level 1697, 1712–24; high steward, Cambridge 1699–d.; master of King’s game, Newmarket 1715–aft.1718; recorder and high steward, Harwich c.1715–d. CSP Dom. 1689–90, pp. 181, 271; 1693, p. 207; 1694–5, p. 204; 1695, p. 112; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 371; S. Wells, Drainage of Bedford Level, i. 469, 481, 485; Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, iv. 41, 196; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxx. 552; xxxii. 47; HMC Egmont Diary, i. 16; S. Dale, Harwich and Dovercourt, 222.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Chippenham Hall, Cambs.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

RUSSELL, Edward (c.1652-1727)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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