1637.] THE RUS SELLS 37 



Sir William Russell, Knight, of Chippenham, in the 

 county of Cambridge (son of William Russell, Esq., of Surrey, 

 and grandson of Maurice Russell, of Yaverland), having been 

 many years Treasurer of the Navy, was created a Baronet by 

 Charles I., January 19, 1628-9. -^s mentioned above, both 

 he and his son Francis were appointed gamekeepers to that 

 king at Newmarket and the places adjoining. Sir William 

 married, ist, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Cherry, Knight, 

 but by that lady had no issue. He wedded, 2ndly, Elizabeth, 

 daughter of Thomas Gerard, Esq., of Burnell, in Cambridge- 

 shire, and had seven sons and three daughters, viz. (i.) Francis, 

 his heir, (ii.) William (Sir), sometime of St. Edmundsbury, 

 commonly called the Black Sir William, and styled the cream 

 of the Russells, on account of his loyalty. He married Anne 

 Bendish, an heiress, but left no issue, (iii.) Gerard, of Ford- 

 ham, in Suffolk, married, ist, Mary, daughter of — Cherry, 

 Esq., of Surrey, and had three sons ; Gerard and John, the 

 two younger, died issueless, but the eldest, William, of Ford- 

 ham, married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Cromwell, son of 

 the Protector, and had, with other issue, Francis, baptized at 

 Fordham Abbey, January 19, 1691, and buried in the city of 

 London. He married, and left to survive childhood, Thomas, 

 a military officer, born February 27, 1724, who had two 

 children, a son and daughter, viz., William Russell, who died 

 abroad. This gentleman, if he had survived Sir George 

 Russell, Bart, of Chippenham, would have succeeded to that 

 ancient title. Rebecca Russell, who married, ist, James 

 Harley, Esq., but by that gentleman had no issue. She 

 married, 2ndly, William Dyer, Esq., of Ilford, a magistrate 

 and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Essex, and by him 

 (who died January 17, 1824) left at her decease, January 17, 

 1832, three sons and two daughters, viz. William Andrew 

 Dyer, of Harley Street, London ; Charles Adams Dyer, of 

 Canewdon Hall, Essex ; Thomas John Dyer, of the Hon. East 

 India Company's service ; Mary Eliza Dyer, and Louisa Dyer. 

 Mr. Gerard Russell married, 2ndly, a daughter of — Lloyd, 

 Esq., and by her had one daughter, Mabel, married to Richard 

 Russell, Esq. (iv.) Edward, the fourth son of Sir William 



