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Russell was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and served as MP for Tavistock from 1640 to 1641, when he succeeded his father as 5th Earl Of Bedford . Career Russell was Lord Lieutenant Of Devon and Lord Lieutenant Of Somerset in 1642. He was General Of The Horse in the Parliamentary Service on 14 July 1642 and he fought in the Battle Of Edgehill on 23 October 1642 , for the Parliamentarians , but later fought in the first Battle Of Newbury on 20 September 1643 , for the Royalists . He held the office of Governor of Plymouth in 1671 and was invested as a Knight Of The Garter (K.G.) on 29 May 1672 . He held the office of Joint Commissioner for the office of Earl Marshal in 1673 and Recorder of Cambridge in 1689. He was Lord Lieutenant Of Cambridgeshire and Lord Lieutenant Of Bedfordshire between 1689 and 1700 and Lord Lieutenant Of Middlesex between 1692 and 1700. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 14 February 1689 and created Duke of Bedford and '''Marquess of Tavistock''' on 11 May 1694 . He was created '''Baron Howland of Streatham''' on 13 June 1695 , with remainder to his grandson, Wriothesley Russell . Bedford died on 7 September 1700 at age 84 at Bedford House , London and was buried on 17 September 1700 at Chenies , Buckinghamshire . Marriage and Family Russell married Anne Carr, daughter of The Earl Of Somerset , on 11 July 1637 , bringing him a fortune of £12,000. They had seven children:
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