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William Russell, Lord Russell (29 September 1639 – 21 July 1683) was an English politician. He was a leading member of the Country Party, forerunners of the Whigs, who during the reign of King Charles II, laid the groundwork for opposition in the House of Commons to the accession of an openly Catholic king in Charles's brother James.
5 de abr. de 2024 · William Russell, Lord Russell was an English Whig politician executed for allegedly plotting to murder King Charles II and his Roman Catholic brother James, Duke of York. Because the charges against Russell were never conclusively proved, he was lauded as a martyr by the Whigs, who claimed that he.
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10 de ene. de 2014 · Lois G. Schwoerer. Article. Metrics. Get access. Cite. Rights & Permissions. Extract. On July 21, 1683, William, Lord Russell, the former leader of the Whig party in the House of Commons, was executed in Lincoln's Inn Fields for high treason.
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William Russell, 1st duke and 5th earl of Bedford (born 1613—died September 7, 1700) was the eldest son of the 4th earl, who fought first on the side of Parliament and then on the side of Charles I during the English Civil War. In general, he played a minor part in politics. His son Lord William Russell (1639–83) was involved in the ...
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William Russell, Lord Russell. (1639-1683), Politician; MP for Tavistock and Bedfordshire. Sitter associated with 29 portraits. Russell was the grandson of the disgraced Earl and Countess of Somerset, who had scandalised the Jacobean Court.
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From 1678 when his elder brother died, he was known by the courtesy title "Lord…. Russell". Prominent during the Exclusion Crisis (1678-81) in opposition to the succession of the Duke of York as James II. Beheaded in Lincoln's Inn Fields on 21 July 1683 for his part in the Rye House Plot to depose the king.
