biography
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Russell (of Thornhaugh), William Russell, Baron
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1558–1613)
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| biography:
| English statesman. He became Governor of Flushing (1587–8), and Lord Deputy of Ireland (1594–7). His experience of lowland drainage methods while in the former post led him to initiate reclamation work in the Cambridgeshire fens. |
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