Bardolph (Shakespeare character) Russell of Thornhaugh and Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford), and so used the name of the rebel. Since the character originally appears to have been a knight (both the Norman-French names "Russell" and "Bardolph" imply knighly status), this suggests that Shakespeare was following closely his source "The Famous Victories of Henry V" in which Prince Hal's disreputable companions are unruly knights rather than vagabonds. However Bardolph is clearly identified as a mere servant of Falstaff's in "Henry IV, Part 2", something that is not explicit in Part 1. In Part 2 Bardolph seems to copy the role of Hal's
Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet family: his half-brother William MacMahon obtained the coveted judicial office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland through John's influence, although in the event he proved to be a popular and respected judge. He had no children but his title passed by special remainder to his brother Thomas. He is a minor character in Georgette Heyer's novel "Regency Buck", which shows him in a rather unflattering light. Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet Colonel Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet (c. 1754 – 12 September 1817) was an Irish-born politician and Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1811–1817. He was born in Limerick,