John Russell (died 1437) was an English landowner and Justice of the Peace who was elected Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1423 and 1432. Russell sat in the Parliaments of 1410, 1411 and 1417 as a proxy for the

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; and also in later parliaments between 1414 and 1433 having been elected to the

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for

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in his own right. He was appointed

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in 1417. He made an unsuccessful attempt to become speaker in 1420 losing to

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, but was elected to the role in 1423.Julian Lock, ‘Flower , Roger (d. 1427)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200
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/ref> Russell gave the speech of welcome at the infant Henry VI's first appearance before the assembled House of Commons and

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on 17 November 1423. He was again elected as Speaker in 1432.

References

History of Parliament RUSSELL, John (d. 1437) of Herefs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, John Year of birth missing 14th-century births 1437 deaths High Sheriffs of Herefordshire Speakers of the House of Commons of England English MPs 1410 English MPs 1411 English landowners English MPs 1417 English MPs April 1414 English MPs 1420 English MPs 1423 English MPs 1433 English MPs 1419 English MPs May 1421 English MPs December 1421 English MPs 1422 English MPs 1426 English MPs 1429 English MPs 1431 English MPs 1432