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Rachel, Lady Russell (née Lady Rachel Wriothesley RYE-əths-lee; c. 1636 – 29 September 1723) was an English noblewoman, heiress, and author. Her second husband was William, Lord Russell, who was implicated in the Rye House Plot and later executed. A collection of the many letters she wrote to her husband and other distinguished men was published in 1773.