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; bro. of Hon. Edward*, Hon. Robert*, and Hon. William Russell†. educ. Twickenham (Mr William Fuller) 1659; Westminster 1660, Magdalen Coll. Oxf. matric. 26 Oct. 1666, aged 20, MA 1667; 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., wid. of Sir John Trott, 1st Bt.†, of Laverstoke, s.p.; (2) lic. 11 Aug. 1698, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Richard Lloyd of London, wid., 1da. Styled Ld. James Russell aft. 11 May 1694. G. Scott Thomson, Life in a Noble Household, 93–94; Wood, Life and Times, 170; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1167–8; PCC 120 Lloyd.