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Persönliche Daten Francis Russell 2nd Earl of Bedford 

• Er wurde geboren im Jahr 1527 in Chenies, Buckingham, England.Quelle 3
• Berufe:
• 2nd Baron Russell.Quelle 3
• 2nd Earl of Bedford.Quellen 2, 3
• zwischen 1547 und 1548 Sheriff of Bedfordshire.Quelle 3
• Er ist verstorben am 28. Juli 1585 in Bedford House, The Strand, London, England, er war 58 Jahre alt.Quelle 3
• Er wurde beerdigt am 14. September 1585 in Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England.Quelle 3
• Ein Kind von John Russell und Anne Sapcote
• Diese Information wurde zuletzt aktualisiert am 4. Dezember 2022.

Familie von Francis Russell 2nd Earl of Bedford

Er ist verheiratet mit Margaret Saint John.

Sie haben geheiratet rund 1545.Quelle 3

Kind(er):

1. John Russell  1553-± 1584 
2. Francis Russell  ± 1548-1585 
3. William Russell  ± 1550-± 1613 
4. Elisabeth Russell  1555-1604 
5. Margaret Russell  ± 1560-???? 

Notizen bei Francis Russell 2nd Earl of Bedford

E: RUSSELL
(2nd E. Bedford)
Born: 1527
Died: 28 Jul 1585, Bedford House, The Strand, london, Middlesex, England
Buried: Chenies
Notes: Knight of the Garter <../Documents/Knights of the Garter.htm>.
Father: John RUSSELL (1° E. Bedford) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20E.%20Bedford)>
Mother: Anne SAPCOTE (C. Bedford)
Married 1: Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20St.%20JOHN%20(C.%20Bedford)>
Children:
1. Edward RUSSELL (3° B. Russell) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20B.%20Russell)> 2. John RUSSELL (4° B. Russell) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20B.%20Russell)> 3. Francis RUSSELL (5º B. Russell) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20B.%20Russell)> 4. William RUSSELL (1° B. Russell of Thornhaugh) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20B.%20Russell%20of%20Thornhaugh)>5. Anne RUSSELL (C. Warwick) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20RUSSELL%20(C.%20Warwick)> 6. Elizabeth RUSSELL (C. Bath) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20RUSSELL%20(C.%20Bath)> 7. Margaret RUSSELL (C. Cumberland) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20RUSSELL%20(C.%20Cumberland)>
Married 2: Bridget HUSSEY (C. Rutland/C. Bedford) <../%20HUSSEY%20(C.%20Rutland/C. Bedford).htm> 25 Jun 1566

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Educated at King’s Hall, Cambridge. He accompanied his father, John Russell , to the French war in 1544, and from 1547 to 1552 was Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire, being probably the first heir to a peerage to sit in the House of Commons. He assisted to quell the rising in Devonshire <../Documents/prayer_book_rebellion.htm> in 1549. After his father had been created Earl of Bedford in Jan 1550, was known as Lord Russell, taking his seat in the House of Lords under this title.  Godfather and namesake of Sir Francis Drake . The Drakes stood in good stead with the Russells, their landlords, sufficiently so for Lord Russell 's son, the youth Francis Russell, to stand as godfather to Edmund's eldest son and to provide him with his Christian name.  Russell was in sympathy with the reformers, whose opinions he shared. He was one of the peers who signes the device <../Documents/EdwardWill.htm> of King Edward VI <../aboutEdward.htm>, and was in communication with Sir Thomas Wyatt ; and in consequence of his religious attitude was imprisoned during the earlier part of Mary <../aboutMary.htm>’s reign. Being released he went into exile; visited Italy; came into touch with foreign reformers; and fought at the battle of St Quentin in 1557. Afterwards he seems to have enjoyed some measure of the royal favour, and was made lord-lieutenant of the counties of Devon, Cornwall and Dorset early in 1558. In 1555 his father died and Russell became the second Earl of Bedford. <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/Russell,Francis(2EBedford).jpg>  <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/Russell,Francis(2EBedford).jpg>
When Elizabeth <../aboutElizabeth.htm> ascended the throne the Earl of Bedford, became an active figure in public life. He was made a privy councillor, and was sent on diplomatic errands to Charles IX of France and Mary Queen of Scots . From Feb 1564 to Oct 1567 he was governor of Berwick and warden of the east marches of Scotland, in which capacity he conducted various negotiations between Elizabeth <../aboutElizabeth.htm> and . He appears to have been an efficient warden, but was irritated by the vacillating and tortuous conduct of the English Queen <../aboutElizabeth.htm>.
In 1568, his cousin Margaret, a lady who had been Abbess of the dissolved Abbey of Tarrant, in Dorset, left to Bedford a great deal of money, palte and jewels.
When the northern insurrection <../Documents/NorthernRebellion.htm> broke out in 1569, Bedford was sent into Wales, and he sat in judgment upon Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk in 1572. In 1576 he was president of the council of Wales, and in 1581 was one of the commissioners deputed to arrange a marriage between Elizabeth <../aboutElizabeth.htm> and Francois, Duke of Anjou.
Camelford, in the duchy of Cornwall borough in the parish of Lanteglos, has been suggested as the seat Drake held in 1581. It returned two Members, and one of them was nominated by none other than the great magnate Francis Russell, Earl of Bedford, Drake 's own godfather. Now for the first time perhaps, that connection was gathering its rewards. Bedford's influence was profound. He was warden of the stanneries, Lord Lieutenant of Devon and Cornwall, and controlled several parliamentary seats, all of which he assigned to friends and relatives who would assist him in promoting his particular cause in government, the Puritan faith. Sir Francis Drake satisfied Bedford on all counts. He was the son of an old family tenant; he was his godson; he was a national hero; and he was an unbridled Puritan, a patriot who cheerfully signed the Devon Instrument of Association in 1584, proclaiming unreserved support for the Queen and the Protestant succession, and who symbolized the nation's rising pride and confidence.
In 1584 Drake was elected one of the two Members for Bossiney, in Cornwall, on 28 Oct. His indenture was signed by a mere nine persons, creatures of Bedford, who controlled both the Bossiney seats, and simply presented the electors with their representative.
In 1586 came Drake 's plan to create havoc on several Spanish held ports in South America and the Caribbean. As usual court and peerage were well represented. The Earls of Rutland <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/JohnManners(4ERutland).htm>, Shrewsbury <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/GeorgeTalbot(6EShrewsbury).htm> and Bedford, seem to have invested money in the venture, and Shrewsbury <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/GeorgeTalbot(6EShrewsbury).htm> supplied the bark Talbot. Leicester contributed the Galleon Leicester, commanded by his brother-in-law, Francis Knollys , and the tiny Speedwell. Some of the main investors were connected with the navy. Sir William Winter provided the Sea Dragon; the Lord Admiral, Charles, Lord howard of Effingham , the White Lion, captained by James Erisey, a West Country man; and the Hawkins brothers, the Bark Bond (Capt. Robert Crosse), the Hope, the Bark Hawkins (Capt. William Hawkins the younger), probably the Galliot Duck (Richard Hawkins <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RichardHawkins.htm>), and possibly also the Bark Bonner, whose captain, George Fortescue, had been one of Drake 's circumnavigators.
Bedford, who was made a knight of the garter in 1564, was lord warden of the Stannaries from 1553 to 1580. He appears to have been a generous and popular man, and died in London on the 28 Jul 1585, of gangrene. He was buried at Chenies.  His first wife was Margaret (d. 1562), daughter of Sir John St John, by whom he had four sons and three daughters. His three eldest sons predeceased their father. His second wife was Bridget (d. 1601), daughter of John, Lord Hussey and widow of Henry Manners, Earl of Rutland . ; He was succeeded as 3rd Earl by his grandson, Edward (b. 1572 — d. 1627), only son of Francis, Lord Russell <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/FrancisRussell(5BRussell).htm>. <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/Russell,Francis(2EBedford)02.jpg>  <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/Russell,Francis(2EBedford)02.jpg>

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