William Russell
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William Russell (1639 - 1683)

William "Lord Russell" Russell
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Husband of — married 31 Jul 1669 [location unknown]
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Died at age 43 in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Englandmap
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Biography

Hon. William Russell (29 Sep 1639 – 21 Jul 1683)

  • Known as a lover of "constitutional liberty" - i.e. He was a prominent Whig of his time
  • Tried and found guilty of high treason - railroaded because he was concerned that Charles' brother James, a catholic, would succeed to the throne and require that England revert to Catholicism once again.
  • Sentence was commuted to beheading. There is a plaque in his memory near the place where he was beheaded.
  • Pardoned posthumously by William of Orange, who overthrew James II and was crowned King of England. William of Orange passed a bill of rights and outlawed absolute monarchy.
  • Ancestor of actress Celia Imrie[1]

Titles

  • Lord Russell

Parents

Father: William Russell, 5th Earl of Bedford, 1st Duke of Bedford (p. Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford and Catherine Brydges)

Mother: Anne Carr (p. Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset and Frances Howard)[1]

Marriage

m. (1669) Rachel Wriothesley[2][3]

Sources

  1. "Celia Imrie." Who Do You Think You Are? (Series 9, Episode 8). BBC One. 10 Oct 2012.
  • Lois G. Schwoerer, ‘Russell, William, Lord Russell [called the Patriot, the Martyr] (1639–1683)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 accessed 12 Oct 2017
  • Bridgman, Thomas. The Pilgrims of Boston and their descendants: with an introduction by Hon. Edward Everett, LL. D.; also, inscriptions from the monuments in the Granary burial ground Tremont street. Boston: Appleton, 1856. Page 245. Google Books




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Russell-16722 and Russell-2898 appear to represent the same person because: identical dates
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