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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.