William Russell, Lord Russell

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William Russell, Lord Russell was a prominent 17th-century English Whig politician and martyr figure executed for his alleged involvement in the Rye House Plot against King Charles II.

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instanceOf English politician
Member of Parliament
Whig politician
martyr figure
nobleman
associatedWith Rye House Plot
burialPlace Chenies, Buckinghamshire
causeOfDeath execution by beheading
commemoratedAs Whig martyr
martyr for English liberties
convictedOf treason
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1639-09-29
dateOfDeath 1683-07-21
era 17th century
executedUnder reign of Charles II of England
familyName Russell
father William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford
givenName William
honorificTitle Lord Russell
influenced later Whig and liberal political thought
language English
mannerOfDeath capital punishment
memberOf House of Commons of England
Whig Party
mother Anne Carr, Countess of Bedford
movement Whiggism
nobleFamily Russell family
notableFor alleged involvement in the Rye House Plot
execution for treason
involvement in the Exclusion Crisis
opposition to the policies of King Charles II
opposed absolutist tendencies of the Stuart monarchy
succession of the Catholic Duke of York (future James II)
participatedIn Exclusion Crisis
placeOfBirth Bedford House, London
England
placeOfDeath Kingdom of England
Lincoln's Inn Fields
surface form: Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
Member of Parliament for Tavistock
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Bedford House, London
sentencedBy Court of King’s Bench
surface form: Court of King's Bench
spouse Rachel, Lady Russell
surface form: Rachel Russell, Lady Russell

Rachel Wriothesley
trialDate 1683-07-13

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Admiral Edward Russell relative William Russell, Lord Russell
subject surface form: Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
Russell family notableMember William Russell, Lord Russell
Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford relative William Russell, Lord Russell
Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford father William Russell, Lord Russell
Lady Elizabeth Cavendish relative William Russell, Lord Russell
Edward Russell relative William Russell, Lord Russell