[1] After growing up in the Cromwell family home, Frances moved to both Whitehall and Hampton Court when her parents became the protector and protectress of England.

After a difficult courtship and days of celebration the marriage was short-lived: Rich, who had been ill at the time of the marriage, died 16 February 1658 at Whitehall.

[3] Five years later, on 7 May 1663 Frances married Sir John Russell.

Frances raised their five children, before spending the latter part of her life with her sister Mary and her husband Thomas.

[4] Sir John and Lady Russell had three sons and two daughters: