Thomas Russell (1577–1632) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1601. Russell was the son of Sir John Russell of Strensham. He matriculated at

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on 5 November 1591, aged 14. In 1601, he was elected member of parliament for

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. He was knighted on 11 May 1603. He was

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in 1604.RUSSELL, Thomas (1577-1632), of Strensham, Worcs.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 In 1610 he and his son

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were granted the office of Masters of the Game in Malvern Chase.RUSSELL, William (c.1602-1669), of Great Witley, Worcs.; later of Strensham, Worcs. and Charing Cross, Westminster.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 He is sometimes associated with the Thomas Russell who sat for

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in 1614, but while the identity of this man is not clear, it is likely he was a different individual.RUSSELL, Thomas (fl.1613-1623), of Truro, Cornw. and London.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010. Russell had become a

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by this point, and would not have been re-elected to the Commons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Thomas 1577 births 1632 deaths English MPs 1601 Members of the Parliament of England for Worcestershire