John Russell (1620–1687) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1641 to 1644.

[1] Russell served in the King's army and was a member of the Sealed Knot.

Russell commanded Prince Rupert's blue-coated regiment of foot, and was disabled from sitting in parliament in 1644.

He was prominent at the storming of Leicester in May 1645, was wounded at Naseby and was in the Oxford garrison before its surrender.

[3] He enjoyed dress, dance and music, although his taste belonged to the fashion of an earlier generation.