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Edward Russell

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Officer of the British Navy

Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford

Personal Details

Date of Birth	January 1653
Place of Birth
Father's Name	Edward Russell
Mother's Name	Penelope Hill
Married	Margaret Russell on 12th November 1691
Date of Death	26th November 1727

Naval Service

Lieutenant

Date	Ship	Notes
1671	Advice	Appointed lieutenant (B051)
1671	Revenge	As lieutenant (B051)
	Prince	Appointed third lieutenant (B051)
	Rupert	Appointed first lieutenant (B051)

Captain

Date	Ship	Notes
10th June 1672	Phoenix	Appointed Captain (B051)
1673	Swallow	By commission from Prince Rupert (B051)
15th February 1675	Reserve	on the Mediterranean station (B051)
15th December 1677	Defiance	(B051)
20th March 1678	Swiftsure	(B051)
10th August 1680	Newcastle	The date of leaving this vessel is unknown (B051)

Admiral of the Blue

Date	Ship	Notes
1689	Duke	Appointed and served under the Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington
1st December 1689	Duke	Sailed for Holladn with a squadron of five ships, but was forced to return by bad weather (B051)
10th December 1689	Fubbs Yacht	Shifted his flag as third rates were too big for operations on the Dutch coast
10th December 1689	Fubbs Yacht	Sailed for Holland with three 4th rates, two frigates and the Mary Yacht (B051)
December 1689	Fubbs Yacht	Arrived in Schonevelt to escort the Queen of Spain to the Groyne (B051)
18th January 1690	Fubbs Yacht	Returned to the Downs wiht the Queen and reraised his flag in the Duke (B051)
7th March 1690	Duke	Left Torbay with the Queen on board (B051)
16th March 1690	Duke	Arrived at the Groyne (B051)
25th April 1690	Duke	Arrived in Plymouth (B051)
23rd December 1690		Appointed Commander in Chief of the Allied Fleet with 47 English and 17 Dutch ships of the line (B051)
1693		Held the office of of Captain-General of the Narrow Seas
1693		Vice-Admiral of England

Admiral of the Fleet

Date	Notes
1693	Appointed Admiral of the Fleet
1694	Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty until 1699
1694	Commanded in the Mediterranean
1695	Commanded in the Mediterranean
8th November 1709	Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty
4th October 1710	Resigned as First Lord of the Admiralty
13th October 1714	Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty
16th April 1717	Retired from public life

Other Details

1677	Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York until 1682
1689	Treasurer of the Navy until 1699
1689	Elected member of Parliament for Launceston until 1690
February 1689	Invested as a Privy Counsellor
1690	Elected member of Parliament for Portsmouth until 1695
1690	Held the post of Commissioner of the Admiralty until 1691
1695	Elected member of Parliament for Cambridgshire until 1697
7th May 1697	Created Baron Shingay, Viscount Barfleur, and Earl of Orford
1714	Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1692-May-27	Battle of Barfleur
1692-Jun-03	Battle of La Hogue

Notes

Sources

B051

Biographia Navalis Vol I

John Charnock

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