Francis Russell asks his brother to speak to his Lordship [possibly their father, the Earl of Bedford?] about him going over to a place he has recommended. He had written once but had received no reply and did not want to go without his knowing and pleasure. Signed "your loving brother Francis Russell". Addressed to "Mr William Russell at Bedford House in The Strand, London". Dated 14 July 1660.
Letter from Francis, Lord Russell to William Russell
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- Dates of Creation14 July 1660
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Russell, Francis, Lord 1638 - 1679.
Russell, William, Lord 1639-1683, married Lady Rachel Wriothesley, MP for Tavistock, 1660-1679, and Befordshire, 1679-83. 1669, married Rachel (q.v.), Lady Vaughan, widow of Francis, Lord Vaughan, and daughter Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton; it was through this marriage that the Bloomsbury estate entered the Russell family. 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.