Henry Russell (1783 - 1852)

Born 27 May 1783 in Dover, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Amelia (Casamajor) Russell — married 20 Dec 1808 in Madras, Madras, India

Husband of Marie Clotilde (Mottet de la Fontaine) Russell — married 13 Nov 1816 in Madras, India

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1852 at age 68 in Swallowfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Henry Russell was born in Kent, England.

Henry Russell, the son of Henry Russell and Anna Whitworth, was born in 1783.

He accompanied his father, Sir Henry Russell, the 1st Baronet, in May of 1798 to Calcutta, where he was appointed a writer in November 1798. He was Assistant Secretary to the Resident at Hyderabad in 1800; Secretary, 1802. He was the third member of the Commission appointed to investigate the claims of the Nawab of Carnatic in 1807. Henry was the Officiating Resident at Poona in 1809 and the British Representative at the Court of Hyderabad between 1811 and 1820, during the Mahratta-Pindari War.

Henry Russell died in 1852 at Berkshire, England.^[1]
DIED.—On the 19th, at Swallowfield, in the county of Berks, Sir Henry Russell, Bart., in his 69th year.^[2]

He was buried at All Saints Churchyard, Swallowfield, Wokingham Borough, Berkshire, England.^[3]

His son, Charles Russell became the third baronet.

Sources

1. ↑ Deaths Jun 1852 Russell Henry (Bart) District Wokingham [Wokingham spans the boundaries of the counties of Berkshire and Wiltshire] Vol 2c Page 238 https://www.freebmd.org.uk
2. ↑ "Norfolk Chronicle" Saturday 24 April 1852 page 4 column 6 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239025612/henry-russell: accessed 02 November 2023), memorial page for SR Henry Russell (27 May 1783–19 Apr 1852), Find a Grave Memorial ID 239025612, citing All Saints Churchyard, Swallowfield, Wokingham Borough, Berkshire, England; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 50618993)

See also:

• The National Archives. "Russell, Sir Henry (1783-1852), 2nd Baronet British Representative at Court of Hyderabad," 1,000 years of history (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F66974 : accessed 10 March 2019).
• Lundy, Darryl. Sir Henry Russell, 2nd Bt.," The Peerage (http://www.thepeerage.com/p56389.htm#i563884 : accessed 10 March 2019).
• McCann, Lucy. "Transcript of Sir Henry Russell's journal, 1820-1821," Bodleian Library, University of Oxford (http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/russell-henry/russell-henry.html : accessed 10 March 2019) [not available online]
• Graham, George H. "Sir Henry Russell II Bart 1783-1852," The Thompsons, Shipbuilders of Sunderland (https://ghgraham.org/henryrussell.html : 10 March 2019) NOTE: Sources are not apparent on this GEDCOM website.
• Finn, Margot. "Swallowfield Park, Berkshire," The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857: UCL History (February 2013) <https://cpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.ucl.ac.uk/dist/1/251/files/2013/01/Swallowfield-Case-Study-PDF-Version-Final-19.08.14.pdf>

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGVY-FVF : 9 November 2019), Henry Russell, Swallowfield, Berkshire, England; citing Swallowfield, Berkshire, England, p. 17, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.