Biography

"Baron Russell, Burgess for Bridport, Dorset.
Second son of Sir Francis Russell and Margaret Saint John. Grandson of Sir John Russell and Anne Sapcote, John Saint John and Margaret Waldegrave. 

Husband of Elizabeth Cooke, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, Havering, Essex and Anne FitzWilliam, daughter of Sir William. They were married at Bisham, Berkshire on 23 Dec 1574, and had one son and two daughters: Francis, [who] died young [and] Elizabeth Anne, Countess of Worcester, wife of Henry Somerset, the Marquess of Worcester.

John was summoned to Parliament Jan 1581, during his father's lifetime, as Lord Russell. John was buried at Westminster, his wife was buried at Bisham, Berkshire."