No. 3.
LADY DIANA RUSSELL.
Oval. Blue velvet gown. Pearl necklace. Fair curls.
BORN 1622, DIED 1694.
By Verelst.
She was the youngest daughter of Francis William, son of William, Lord Russell of Thornhaugh, County North Hants, who succeeded his cousin Edward, as fourth Earl of Bedford. Her mother was Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Giles Bridges, Lord Chandos. Lady Diana married Francis, Viscount Newport (afterwards first Earl of Bradford), a distinguished loyalist, and brave soldier in Charles the First's army. He was taken prisoner at Oswestry in 1644, at which time his wife (with Lady D'Aubigny and others) also fell into the hands of the rebels, as appears by a letter from the famous Hugh Peters to the Earl of Stamford, soliciting the release of Lady Newport. She died in 1694, and was interred at Chenies, the burial-place of the Russell family in Buckinghamshire.
No. 4.
PORTRAIT OF A LADY. UNKNOWN.
Dark blue dress. Seated, leaning her arm on a boulder. Landscape in the background.
By Sir Peter Lely.
