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300 BEDFORD. 11 July 1637, at St. Benet's, Paul's wharf, London, Anne, da. and sole h. of Robert (Cairn), Earl OF SOMERSET, by Frances, the divorced Countess. OP Esses, da. of Thomas (HOWARD), Earl ok Suffolk. She, who was b. U Dee. lOlfi (when her mother was a prisoner in the Tower of London), had a fortune of 1:12,000 (the sum demanded by her husband's father, who was much opposed to the match), d. 10 May I6S4, aged 61, and was bur. the 16th ftt Chenies. Ho (/. 7 Sep. 1700, in his 87th year, and on the 17th was bur. there. M.I. Will pp. May 1701. [Francis Russell, styled Lord Russell, s. and fa, ap. b. IG3H. Ed. at Cambridge. He was of a melancholy disposition, which by ten years travel (1657-67) he sought to dispel. He d. num., v.p.. and was bur. at Chenies 21 Jim. 3678-9, aged 41. ] [William Russell, styled Loud Russell, 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. b. 29 Sep. 1639. Ed., with lib brother, at Cambridge. M.P. for Tavistock, 1660; M.T. for Beds and B.C. 1679, and subsequently IIP. in many Parliaments. In Feb. 1679-S0 he withdrew from the council board by leave of the King " with at) his heart." He spoke with great vehemence in favour of the bill for the exclusion of James (afterwards James II) from the throne, carrying it up to the House of Lords on 15 Nov. 1680. Ho had previously presented at the King's Bench (on 16 June) the said James, Duke, of York, as " a recusant." Iu 1683 he was accused of being concerned in the Kye House plot and brought to trial at the Old Bailey on 33 July, as baring been present in a conspiracy of high treason. He was found guilty, condemned to death, attainted and executed in Lincoln's Inn fields. The transaction is a matter of history. Much eulogy was bestowed on him after the Revolution, though his conduct seems, when fairly weighed, to have been more than questionable. He m. (lie. at Vic. Gen. off., 31 July 1669, to marry at Titchfield, Hants), Rachel, relict of Francis YaugHan, styled Loud Vauohan, 2nd da. and at length coheir of Thomas (Wmothesley), Earl of Southampton, sometime Lord High Treasurer. He d. as afsd., v.p., 21 July 3GS3, and was bur. 2 Aug. at Chenies. By act passed 16' March 1688-9 his attainder was made void. His widow, who was well known for her literary talents exerted at and after her husband's trial, d. 29 Sep. 1723, in her 87th year, at Southampton (afterwards called Bedford) Hoiise,( a ) Bloomsbury, and was bur. at Chenies ] Dukedom. V. Earldom. VIII. C. Wiuotiiesley (Russell), Duke of Bedford, &c, grandson and hi being only s. aDtl fa. of William, styled ■ 1 700 Lord Russell, and Rachel his wife abovenamed. He was b. 1 Nov. 1680. Matric. at Oxford (Mag. Coll.), 13 May 1696 ; Gent, of the Bedchamber. 1701 to 1702 ; Lord Lieut, of co. Bedford, co. Cambridge and of Middlesex, 1701. On 23 April 1702, at tho coronation of Queen Anne he was Loud High Constable for that occasion ; elected K.G. 11 March 1701-2 : and mat 13 March 1702-3. He ftl, when under age, 23 May 1693, in the chapel of tho Manor house at .Streatham, Surrey, Elizabeth, only da. and h. of John HowL.xsv of Streat- ham,() afsd., by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Josiah ClllLU, Bart., of Wanstead, Essex. In honour of this match his grandfather was cr. Baron Howland as afsd. He d. of the small pox, 26 May 1711, in his 31st year, and was bur. 30th at Chenies. Will pr. Aug. 1711. His widow d, 29 July 1724, aged 42, at Streatham afsd., and was bur. 16 July at Cheniea. Will pr. Aug. 1724. ( a ) The manors of Bloomsbury and of St. Giles in the fields, both of which had since the reign of James I belonged to the Wriothesley family, descended, on the death of the last Earl of Southampton in 1678, to his da Rachel, Lady Russell. At her demise, in 1723, Southampton House Bloomsbury (which is not to be confounded with Southampton House JJolborn, which also she inherited), became the residence of the Dukes of Bedford (who changed its name to " Bedford House ") and so continued till pulled down, iu 1700, to make room for Bedford Place, Russell Square, &c. This house occupied the whole of tho north Bide of Bloomsbury Square. ( b ) The property at Streatham was sold by the RuBsell family about 1811.