William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 1553/1563 - 1613. The picture shows an heroic action performed by Russell when he was commanding troops with Sir Philip Sidney in the 1586 Battle of Zutphen against a Spanish force in present day Netherlands during the Anglo-Spanish War. From a 19th century engraving by Jan Frederik Christiaan Reckleben, after Valentijn Bing.

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