- Born circa 1527
- Deceased on July 28, 1585, at the approximate age of 57 years
Parents
- John Russell (c. 1485 - 1555), Earl of Bedford, Lord High Admiral, Lord Privy Seal
- Anna Sapcote
Family
- Married with Margaret St. John, issuing
- Married in 1566, with Bridget Hussey (c. 1514 - 1601)
Occupations
- custos rotulorum of Buckinghamshire (1547 - 1578)
- high Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire (1547 - 1548)
- lord chamberlain Warden of the Stannaries (1553 - 1580)
- lord-lieutenant of Cornwall (1584 - 1585)
- lord-lieutenant of Devon (1584 - 1585)
- lord-lieutenant of Dorset (1584 - 1585)
- justice in eyre south of the Trent (1584 - 1585)
- privy counsellor
Distinctions
- most noble order of the Garter