RUSSELL, WILLIAM, fourth son of Lord William Russell (qv); b. 15 Jul 1800; adm. 2 May 1810; left 1811; went to Edinburgh High Sch.; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Oct 1818; BA 1823; MA 1826; Junior Fellow, Gonville and Caius Coll. 25 Mar 1825 – 25 Mar 1829; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 May 1822, called to bar 14 Apr 1826; equity draftsman; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1829-31, when post abolished); Attorney-Gen., Duchy of Lancaster 20 Apr 1833 – 8 May 1839; Principal Secretary to Lord Chancellor 1836-9; Accountant-Gen., Court of Chancery 30 Apr 1839 – 8 Jan 1873; a Trustee of the National Gallery from 1850; m. 17 May 1828 Emma, dau. of John Campbell MP, Shawfield, Lanarkshire, Col. Argyll Militia; d. 5 Sep 1884.
RUSSELL, WILLIAM ROBERT, only son of Claud Russell (qv); b. 13 Mar 1817; adm. 29 Apr 1829 (Stikeman's); d. at school of scarlet fever 1 Mar 1830.
RUSSELL, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).
RUSSELL, RICHARD, second son of William Russell, Basingstoke, Hampshire, and Jane (Coleman ?) (IGI); bapt. Basingstoke 5 Oct 1695 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1711; QS 1712; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1716, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Canoneer Student 23 Jul 1717 – void 1719; BCL 1723; DCL 1743; ordained deacon 24 May 1719, priest 20 Dec 1719 (both London); Rector of Overton, Hampshire 1719-71; Rector of Ashe, Hampshire, from 17 Nov 1729; m. 1st, 16 Oct 1719 (IGI) Elizabeth, widow of Simon Boulte, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, Deputy Teller of the Exchequer, and dau. of John Clayton, The Stable Yard, Westminster; m. 2nd, 21 May 1744 Mary, dau. of William Dicker, Overton, Hampshire; d. 27 Jan 1783.
RUSSELL, PHILIP; b.; adm. (aged 12) May 1718.
RUSSELL, PERCY; b. London 24 Jul 1865; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (G); left Dec 1882; accountant, living Hampstead, Middlesex, in 1901 (1901 Census).
Russell, Paul, son of Henry Francis George Russell of Kensington; b. 6 July 1914; adm. May 1928 (A); left July 1932; living in Bedford 1991; d. 9 Oct. 2003.
RUSSELL, LORD WRIOTHESLEY, eldest son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his second wife; b. 11 May 1804; adm. 12 Jun 1816 (G); left 1820; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1823; MA 1829; ordained; Rector of Chenies, Bucks., from 20 Dec 1829; Rector of Streatham, Surrey 8 Mar 1830-5; Canon of Windsor from 9 Apr 1840; Deputy Clerk of the Closet to Queen Victoria 19 Apr 1850; Domestic Chaplain to Prince Albert; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria 24 Mar 1862; m. 23 Jun 1829 his cousin Elizabeth Laura Henrietta, youngest dau. of Lord William Russell (qv); d. 6 Apr 1886.
RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM, son of Francis Russell, Marquis of Tavistock (qv); b. 20 Aug 1767; adm. 12 Jan 1778; in school lists 1781; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Nov 1784; MA 1787; DCL 1793; MP Surrey 19 Jan 1789-1807, Tavistock 1807 – Mar 1819, 1826-30; a Lord of the Admiralty 10 Feb 1806 – Apr 1807; m. 11 Jul 1789 Lady Charlotte Anne Villiers, dau. of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey; murdered in his bedroom at 14 Norfolk Street, Park Lane, London, 6 May 1840, by his Swiss valet François Benjamin Courvoisier.
RUSSELL, LORD JAMES, fifth son of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG KB, and Lady Anne Carr, only child of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset; b.; adm.; at school in 1659-60 (Woburn MSS, recording payment for “dyett and lodging of Mr. James Russell and Mr. George Russell for one whole year ended the 27th of January 1660”, and Busby’s Account Book); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1666, aged 20; MA 4 Feb 1666/7 (incorp. Cambridge 1668); of Maidwell, Northants, and Laverstoke, Hampshire; MP Whitchurch 1685-7, 1689-1701, Tavistock 1701-3; lic. to m. 1st, 5 Jul 1682 Elizabeth, widow of Sir John Trott, Bart., and youngest dau. of Sir Edmund Knight, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; m. 2nd, 11 Aug 1698 Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Lloyd, London; d. 22 Jun 1712.