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, 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, PERCY; b. London 24 Jul 1865; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (G); left Dec 1882; accountant, living Hampstead, Middlesex, in 1901 (1901 Census).

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, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).

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, SIR WILLIAM, BART., only son of Sir Francis Russell, Bart., and Anne Gee; b.; adm. (aged 7) Feb 1742/3 (Gibson's); succ. father as 7th baronet 1744; left 1747; Page of Honour to Duke of Cumberland (Chamberlayne 1748); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 24 Apr 1751; Lieut. and Capt., 6 Nov 1755; the “favourite friend” at school of William Cowper (adm. 1742, qv), who lamented his death in verses printed in his Collected Works; drowned in river Thames, unm. 21 Sep 1757.

RUST, JOHN, third son of Edward Rust, Crutched Friars, London, wine cooper, and Isabella (Camp ?) (IGI); bapt. St. Giles, Cripplegate 15 Nov 1724; adm. (aged 8) Mar 1732; Min. Can. 1736; KS (Capt. ) 1737; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 May 1741, scholar 7 May 1742, matr. 1742; BA 1744/5; MA 1748; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1747, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1748; adm. Middle Temple 26 Oct 1739. [note will John Rust, St. George, Hanover Square, proved PCC 24 Mar 1767, also will John Rust, Upper Grosvenor Street, proved PCC 29 Nov 1788]

RUSTON, ALFRED STANLEY, son of William Ruston, Registrar Brentford County Court, solicitor, and Sarah Amelia, dau. of Alfred Henry Johnson, Isleworth, Middlesex; b. 1 Sep 1866; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (G); left Dec 1883; adm. solicitor Apr 1889; Under Sheriff, Middlesex; practised in London; m. 8 Sep 1898 Lilian Beatrice, dau. of Charles Braden, Brentford, Middlesex, corn merchant.

Ruther, James Glyn, son of James Henry Ruther, farmer, of Abergavenny, and Margaret, d. of Rev. Evan Bevan, Rector of Llanover, Mon.; b. 12 July 1908; adm. May 1922 (A); left July 1925; 60 City of Lond. Regt RA (TA) 1939-40, 14th Army Tribal Intell. Unit (Burma) 1942-5, attd Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles, OC Naga Levies 1944; an accountant; worked on construc­tion of Nile Dam, Uganda, 1950; group accountant and dir. Flats & Catering (Mayfair) Ltd 1957; dir. Eileen Alannah Ltd 1961; FinstD 1962; d. 9 June 1994.