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John Russell (1670 - 1735)

John "President of Bengal" Russell
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John Russell (14 October 1670 – 5 December 1735) was an administrator of the English East India Company and served as President of Bengal. He was the third posthumous son of Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet and Frances Cromwelll. He m.(1)17 December 1697 Mary Eyre, sister of Sir Charles Eyre and (2) 7 September 1715, Joanna, the daughter and heiress of John Thurbane, of Chequers, and widow of Col. Edmund Revett.

John Russell and Mary Eyre had one son and three daughters:

  1. Col. Charles Russell (1700–1754), colonel of the 34th Regiment of Foot, married Mary Johanna Cutts Revett, daughter of #Col. Edmund Revett, and had issue, including Sir John Russell, 8th Baronet
  2. Frances Russell, married John Revett, son of Col. Edmund Revett, became bedchamber woman to Princess Amelia of Great Britain
  3. Mary Russell, married Josiah Holmes, without issue
  4. Elizabeth Russell, married Samuel Greenhill, mother of John Russell Greenhill

John Russell and Joanna Thurbane had one daughter, Anne, who died an infant.

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