Lord Edward Russell was an English politician and peer

Peerage

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, known as Hon. Edward Russell until 1694. Russell was a younger son of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage and sat in the House of Lords...

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He represented Tavistock

Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Parliament from 13 Feb 1679 to 23 Mar 1683. Russell was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire

Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire

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 in 1689 at the Glorious Revolution

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, and was Treasurer of the Chamber

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 from 1694 to 1702. He was briefly the Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire

Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire

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, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire

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, Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex

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, and Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex

Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex

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 from 1700 until 1701, when his nephew Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford

Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford

Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG was the son of William Russell, Lord Russell and his wife Lady Rachel Wriothesley...

reached his majority and assumed those offices.