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  1. Admiral Lord Edward Russell, CB (24 April 1805 – 21 May 1887) was a British naval officer and Whig politician.

  2. Lord Edward Russell (1643 [1] : 222 – 30 June 1714) was an English politician, known as Hon. Edward Russell until 1694. [2] He married Francis Lloyd, a widow, in 1688. [3] : 270 [1] : 222 They had no children. Edward Russell was son of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616–1700).

  3. Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC (1653 – 26 November 1727) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. After serving as a junior officer at the Battle of Solebay during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, he served as a captain in the Mediterranean Sea in operations against the Barbary pirates .

  4. Russell commanded in the Mediterranean 1694–5 and in the Channel in 1696. The following year he was created earl of Orford. He served as 1st lord of the Admiralty 1694–9 and again 1709–10. He was impeached by the Tories in 1701 for involvement in the partition treaties but unanimously acquitted. Under George I, he resumed as 1st lord ...

  5. Classed as a Court supporter and a placeman in the 1698 Parliament, he voted against the third reading of the disbanding bill on 18 Jan. 1699. In an analysis of the House into ‘interests’ in early 1700, he naturally appeared as a follower of the Duke of Bedford and Lord Orford (Edward Russell*). 5.

  6. In 1692, Russell was Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Dutch force that fought the French fleet at Barfleur, and destroyed much of it at La Hougue, his victory there being the decisive naval battle of the war. Russell became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1694, remaining in that post until 1699.

  7. Lord Edward Russell (ca. 1642–30 June 1714) was an English politician and peer, known as Hon. Edward Russell until 1694. Russell was a younger son of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford. Among other offices he held were Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, and Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex from 1700...