Family and Education
b. Aug. 1616, 1st s. of Francis Russell†, 4th earl of Bedford, and Catharine, da. of Giles Brydges†, 3rd Bar. Chandos. educ. ?Magdalen, Oxf.; State Trials, iii. 646; Clarendon, Rebellion, iii. 155. travelled abroad (Spain) 1635-7. m. 11 July 1637 (with £12,000) Anne (1615-84), da. of Robert Carr† (Ker), earl of Somerset, 6s. (3 d.v.p.), 3da. (1 d.v.p.). Collins, Peerage (1710), i. 98; G. Scott Thomson, Life in a Noble Household 1641-1700, p. 72; HP Commons, 1690-1715, v. 321, 332-3. KB 1626, KG 1672. d. 7 Sept. 1700; will 22 June 1700, pr. 5 May 1701. TNA, PROB 11/460.
Offices Held
Dep. earl marshal 1673;
Ld. lt. Devon, Som. 1642 – 43, Beds., Cambs., 1689 – d., Mdx. 1692 – d.; gov. Plymouth 1671; custos rot., Mdx. 1692 – d.
Gen. of horse (Parliament) 1642–3.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Woburn Abbey, Beds.;VCH Beds. iii. 457-62.; Chenies, Bucks. and Bedford House, Strand, London.Survey of London, xxxvi. 205-7.;
Likenesses
line engraving by G. Glover, mid-17th century, NPG D28203; oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, c.1672, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1692, NPG 298; chalk on copper by E. Luttrell, 1698, NPG 1824.
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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