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Wadham College.
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William Russell
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He was an officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War and, as Governor of Worcester, he refused entry to the Parliamentary cavalry shortly before the Battle of Powick Bridge (22 September 1642) — the first cavalry skirmish of the Civil War. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford (1620) and trained in the law at the Middle Temple (1622). He was created baronet of Wytley on 12 March 1627.
He was appointed to the Worcestershire bench as a Justice of the Peace from 1633 to 1646 and from 1660 until his death and High Sheriff of Worcestershire for 1635-1635 and 1642-1643.
He was the Governor of Worcester (1642–1643).
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In 1625 he was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Worcestershire.
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