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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 .
Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (first creation; 1742) Last holder: Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford: Remainder to: the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten. Subsidiary titles: Baron Walpole: Status: Extinct: Extinction date: 27 September 1931
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.
Edward Russell 1652–1727 Earl of Orford: Robert Walpole 1650–1700: Attainted, 1683: Earldom of Orford (1st creation) extinct, 1727: Earl of Orford (2nd creation), Viscount Walpole and Baron Walpole of Houghton in the County of Norfolk, 1742: Baron Walpole of Wolterton in the County of Norfolk: Wriothesley Russell 1680–1711
Orford, Edward Russell, 1st earl of (1652–1727). Russell was nephew of the 1st duke of Bedford, entered the navy in 1671, and saw much service in the second Anglo-Dutch war . Alienated from the court by the execution of his cousin Lord Russell , he signed the invitation to William of Orange in 1688 and landed with him at Brixham.
He was one of the first gentleman officers of the Royal Navy regularly bred to the sea. In 1671, he was named Lieutenant at the age of eighteen and was promoted to Captain in the following year. [1] . In the Third Anglo-Dutch War he saw active service in the North Sea in 1672 and 1673.
(1652–1727).Russell was nephew of the 1st duke of Bedford, entered the navy in 1671, and saw
