Lord Edward Russell (ca. 1642–30 June 1714) was an English politician and peer, known as Hon. Edward Russell until 1694. Russell was a younger son of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford. Among other offices he held were Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, and Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex from 1700 until 1701, when his nephew Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford reached his majority and assumed those offices. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]