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Admiral Lord Edward Russell, CB (24 April 1805 – 21 May 1887) was a British naval officer and Whig politician. Early life. He was the son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, and his second wife Lady Georgina Gordon, and was the younger half-brother of future Prime Minister John Russell . Career.
- Mary Ann Taylor
- 1819–1887
- Hon. Edward Russell, Sir John Salusbury-Trelawny, Bt
- Admiral
Lord Edward Russell (1643: 222 – 30 June 1714) was an English politician, known as Hon. Edward Russell until 1694. He married Francis Lloyd, a widow, in 1688.: 270 : 222 They had no children. Edward Russell was son of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616–1700).
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 .
- 1666–1717
- Admiral of the Fleet
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.
Admiral Lord Edward Russell expanded on this with five additional colored flags in his 1691 Permanent Instructions. When combined with signal guns, the number of possible maneuver signals grew to 22. Russell’s system remained in use for much of the first part of the 18th century, despite its many limitations.
RUSSELL, Hon. Edward (c.1642-1714). Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002. Available from Boydell and Brewer.
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 Hogue. This is the action implied in the portrait. He became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1694, remaining in that post until 1699.
