Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1691, an nada Churchill Laftanan-Colonel a cikin Horse Guards kuma ya umurci HMS "St. Andrew" mai bindigogi 96 a Barfleur &amp; La Hogue
a watan Yuni na shekara ta 1692. Duk da haka, batun Torrington ya raba rundunar sojan ruwa kuma lokacin da Russell ya zama Babban Sarkin Admiralty a 1693, ya yi murabus daga sabis. Ya ci gaba da zama a matsayin MP kuma ya ci gaba da dangantaka ta kusa da Yarima George; lokacin da Russell ya yi ritaya a 1699, an nada shi Babban Kwamishinan Admiralty.