Lady Rachel Russell
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's letters sprang at first from her husband's political fame, but she was a letter-writer of high quality in her own right. Surviving letters probably represent only a fraction of those she wrote. Like many intelligent women of her time and rank, she used writing not only to communicate with relations and friends, but also privately, to shape her religious practice and her sense of her own life. She left diaries, essays, a catechism, and - BirthName: Lady Rachel Wriothesley
- Married: Vaughan Lady; Lady RussellLady Vaughan retained the name of her first husband Lord Vaughan till Mr. Russell . . . succeeded to his title.This meant that at first she signed R. Vaughan when writing to her second husband.Her married surname is spelled both with one l and with two.
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- Indexed: Lady Rachel RussellRR is known both as Lady Rachel Russell (her married surname, plus the style she received at birth) and as Lady Russell.
Biography
She was baptised on that day at Titchfield near Southampton, Hampshire. She was the third child and second daughter of her parents; one of her brothers had already died, and another brother was born after her.