Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Orford
PC JP
The Right Honourable The Earl of Orford PC JP
	c. 1715 portrait of Orford by Thomas Gibson
First Lord of the Admiralty
	In office; 1694 to 1699 – 1709 to 1710 –1714 to 1717

Last updated February 01, 2026

↑ Venn, John (15 September 2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 1. University of Cambridge. p. 499. ISBN 9781108036092 . Retrieved 30 May 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Edward Russell" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24304 . Retrieved 27 May 2015.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
1 2 3 "Edward Russell". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
↑ A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Vol. 10. 2002. pp. 370–374.
1 2 Rodger, p. 34
1 2 3 4 "Sainty, J. C., Lord High Admiral and Commissioners of the Admiralty 1660–1870, Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4: Admiralty Officials 1660–1870 (1975), pp. 18–31". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
↑ Parry, p. 103
↑ Russell, p. 99
↑ Gorton, p. 808
↑ Historic England. "Orford House (1221630)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 May 2015.
↑ "No. 5368". The London Gazette . 27 September 1715. p. 2.
↑ "The Piazza: Notable private residents in the Piazza". British History Online. Institute of Historical Reseacrh, University of London. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
↑ "Survey of London: Volume 36, Covent Garden". British History Online. Institute of Historical Reseacrh, University of London. Retrieved 18 November 2018.

Sources

Gorton, John (1830). A general biographical dictionary: containing a summary account of the lives of eminent persons. Whittaker, Treacher & Co. OCLC 776199633.
Parry, John Docwra (1831). History and description of Woburn and its abbey, etc. London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. OCLC 32255781.
Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Offices of State. Lavenham: T. Dalton Ltd. ISBN 0900963948.
Russell, Lady Rachel (1826). Letters of Lady Rachel Russell, Manuscript in the Library at Woburn Abbey. J. F. Dove.

External links

Edward Russell Three Decks
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Russell, Edward (1653-1727)" . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Parliament of England

Preceded by

Sir Hugh Piper
John Granville

Member of Parliament for Launceston
1689–1690
With: William Harbord

Succeeded by

William Harbord
Bernard Granville

Preceded by

Henry Slingsby
Richard Norton

Member of Parliament for Portsmouth
1690–1695
With: Nicholas Hedger

Succeeded by

Nicholas Hedger
Matthew Aylmer

Preceded by

Sir Robert Cotton
The Lord Cutts

Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire
1695–1697
With: The Lord Cutts

Succeeded by

The Lord Cutts
Sir Rushout Cullen, Bt

Honorary titles

Preceded by

Sir Thomas Chicheley

Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire
1689–1727

Succeeded by

The Earl of Lincoln

Preceded by

The Lord North

Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
1715–1727

Military offices

Preceded by

Sir John Chicheley

Senior Naval Lord
1690–1691

Succeeded by

Henry Priestman

Preceded by

Henry Priestman

Senior Naval Lord
1694–1699

Succeeded by

Sir George Rooke

Political offices

Preceded by

The Viscount Falkland

Treasurer of the Navy
1689–1699

Succeeded by

Sir Thomas Littleton

First Lord of the Admiralty
1694–1699

Succeeded by

The Earl of Bridgewater

Preceded by

The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
(Lord High Admiral)

First Lord of the Admiralty
1709–1710

Succeeded by

Sir John Leake

Preceded by

The Earl of Strafford

First Lord of the Admiralty
1714–1717

Succeeded by

The Earl of Berkeley

Peerage of England

New creation

Earl of Orford
1697–1727

Extinct

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[1] Venn, John (15 September 2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 1. University of Cambridge. p. 499. ISBN 9781108036092 . Retrieved 30 May 2015.

[odnb-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Edward Russell" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24304 . Retrieved 27 May 2015.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

[parl-3] 1 2 3 "Edward Russell". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[victoria-4] A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Vol. 10. 2002. pp. 370–374.

[rodger-5] 1 2 Rodger, p. 34

[sainty-6] 1 2 3 4 "Sainty, J. C., Lord High Admiral and Commissioners of the Admiralty 1660–1870, Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4: Admiralty Officials 1660–1870 (1975), pp. 18–31". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[7] Parry, p. 103

[8] Russell, p. 99

[9] Gorton, p. 808

[10] Historic England. "Orford House (1221630)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[11] "No. 5368". The London Gazette . 27 September 1715. p. 2.

[12] "The Piazza: Notable private residents in the Piazza". British History Online. Institute of Historical Reseacrh, University of London. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[13] "Survey of London: Volume 36, Covent Garden". British History Online. Institute of Historical Reseacrh, University of London. Retrieved 18 November 2018.

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The Right Honourable The Earl of Orford PC JP
c. 1715 portrait of Orford by Thomas Gibson

First Lord of the Admiralty
In office 1694 to 1699 – 1709 to 1710 –1714 to 1717