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Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford PC (1587 – 9 May 1641) was an English nobleman and politician. He built the square of Covent Garden, with the piazza and church of St. Paul's, employing Inigo Jones as his architect. He is also known for his pioneering project to drain The Fens of Cambridgeshire.
Francis Russell, 4th earl of Bedford (born 1593—died May 9, 1641, London) was the 4th earl of Bedford, the only son of William, Lord Russell of Thornhaugh, who became earl of Bedford by the death of his cousin Edward, the 3rd earl, in May 1627. When the quarrel broke out between Charles I and Parliament in 1628, Bedford supported the demands ...
12 de dic. de 2022 · This essay discusses the reading records of Francis Russell, 1587–1641, later 4th Earl of Bedford. Drawing from a previously unstudied manuscript notebook from 1620 to 1622, the author demonstrates the importance of Russell's private archive at Woburn Abbey as an important repository for political, literary, and cultural history in ...
Overview. 4th earl of Bedford, Francis Russell. (1593—1641) Quick Reference. (1593–1641). Bedford hoped to resolve the political crisis of early 1641, since he was acceptable to Charles I as well as the parliamentary leaders.
29 de abr. de 2022 · Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford PC (1593 – 9 May 1641) was an English politician. Early life. He was the only son of William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh and his wife Elizabeth Long, to which barony he succeeded in August 1613. For a short time previously he had been Member of Parliament for the borough of Lyme Regis.
Francis, the fourth Earl (1593–1641), was probably the most remarkable of the Bedfords; in the words of one of the Russells' nineteenth-century stewards, 'he lived in advance of his time altogether'. (fn. 8) The first Earl had acquired the family's great estates, but it was the fourth Earl's energy and acumen—manifested in his rebuilding of Wobu...
Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford. The Great Fen, between the Wash and Cambridge, is more popularly known as the Bedford Level after the 4th Earl of Bedford, who owned a large part of it.
