Lucy Russell 1581-1627
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Lucy RUSSELL, Countess of Bedford 1581-1627
Biographical Note
Daughter of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton, Rutland, (1539/40-1613) and Anne Harington (c.1554-1620). Married Edward Russell in 1594.
Books
A number of surviving books with variant forms of the Russell armorial crest indicate the existence of a library which has been suggested to be “a joint interest” (Armorials database). Lucy bequeathed books from her own (Harington) family to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Hearn, Karen, A question of judgement: Lucy Harington , Countess of Bedford, as art patron and collector, in E. Chaney (ed), The evolution of English collecting, New Haven, 2003, 221-39.
- Payne, Helen. "Russell [née Harington], Lucy, countess of Bedford (bap. 1581, d. 1627), courtier and patron of the arts." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.