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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.
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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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Overview. Lord William Russell. (1639—1683) politician and conspirator. Quick Reference. (1639–83). Russell, son of the earl of Bedford, entered Parliament in 1660 for Tavistock and became a leader of the Shaftesbury Whigs.
William Russell, Lord Russell 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.
William, Lord Russell: The Making of a Martyr, 1683-1983 Lois G. Schwoerer 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. The week before a jury had convicted him of conspiring with other Whig leaders in schemes that have become
William, Lord Russell: The Making of a Martyr, 1683–1983. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2014. Lois G. Schwoerer. Article. Metrics. Get access. Cite. Rights & Permissions. Extract.
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. He was a Whig politician, known as 'The Patriot', who defended religious nonconformity, a limited ...
