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Edward Russell (1653--1727), British naval officer, minister, British nobleman, Whig Is one of the initiators of the glorious revolution.

Edward Russell

Edward Russell, naval officer, first generation Count Orford. Grandson of the fourth generation of Earl of Bedford. As a child, he attended St. John's College, University of Cambridge. In 1666, he joined the British Navy when he was only 13 years old.
He was promoted to Captain Navy in 1671, served on the Tier 4 Advice, then transferred to the Tier 3 Rupert and participated in the Sol Naval Battle of 1672. In June 1672, he was promoted to Captain Naval and began Commanded the Tier 5 ship Phoenix, and was immediately transferred to the Mediterranean to command the Tier 4 ship Richer.
In February 1675, he participated in the war with the Barbary pirates. Since then, Russell has repeatedly commanded the third-tier and fourth-tier ships.
In 1683, as Lord Russell participated in the "Ryehaus Conspiracy" as the Whig Party, in an attempt to overthrow Charles II, the Russell family was excluded and Edward Russell was removed from office.

In 1688, he was one of the nobles who invited Prince Orange to overthrow the rule of James II as the seven who were called "Immortal Seven" by later generations, went to the Netherlands and planned the invasion of Britain as William's secretary.
In November 1688, after the Glorious Revolution, Russell became a member of the Parliament on behalf of Langston as the Whig Party. He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury of the Navy in 1689, and in May he was directly appointed Admiral, and commanded the Duke II to participate in the blockade of France. He built the Chippenham Manor in Cambridgeshire and lived there all his life.

In 1690 Edward Russell served as a member of parliament representing Plymouth and executed Maria Anna of Nuremberg to Spain with the famous idiot king

In 1691 he married the fifth generation of the daughter of the Earl of Bedford, his cousin Margaret, and had no children.