Commander R.N. (1841), died 2 May, 1842; and a fourth and fifth, Cosmo George and Alexander George, are officers in the army. His Lordship is brother-in-law of the Marchioness of Abercorn; and first-cousin of Commander John Russell, R.N. (1822), who died in 1835.
This officer entered the Navy 13 Jan. 1819; passed his examination in 1825; was made a Lieutenant, 18 Oct. 1826, into the Philomel 10, Capt. Lord Viscount Ingestre; removed, subsequently to the battle of Navarin, to the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes; and, after having again served, as First-Lieutenant, in the Philomel 10, under Capts. Hon. Wm. Keith and Edw. Hawes, was advanced to the rank of Commander 15 Nov. 1828. His next appointments were – 22 Nov. 1830, to the Britomart 10 – 10 Jan. 1831, to the Savage 10, on the coast of Ireland – and, 9 April, 1832, to the Nimrod 20, on the Lisbon station, whence he invalided in Aug. 1833. He attained his present rank 19 Nov. following; and from 17 Nov. 1834 until the early part of 1838 commanded the Actaeon 26 in South America.
Lord Edw. Russell has sat in Parliament for Tavistock since 1841. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
RUSSELL. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 17; h-p., 8.)
The Right Honourable Lord Francis John Russell, born in Oct. 1808, is brother of Lord Edw. Russell, Captain R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1822, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, stationed in the Channel; removed, in the following Sept., to the Northumberland 78, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, guard-ship in the river Medway; and, after serving in South America as Midshipman in the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Cambridge 82, Capt. T. J. Maling, again in the Medway in the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom, and as Mate in the Undaunted 46, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, was promoted, 7 Aug. 1829, to the rank of Lieutenant, and re-appointed to the Undaunted, commanded subsequently by Capt. Edw. Harvey. While in that ship he escorted Lord Wm. Bentinck as Governor-General to India, was sent to the Western Islands for the purpose of affording security to British property, and was for three months employed in cruizing for the protection of the homeward-bound trade against piracy. He left the Undaunted in Feb. 1831, and was subsequently appointed – 5 May, 1831, to the Stag 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, employed in watching the manoeuvres of the fleet which sailed from the Western Islands under the orders of Don Pedro and Admiral Sartorius for the invasion of Portugal and the placing of Donna Maria on the throne – 24 Sept. 1832, to the Larne 18, Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith, stationed in the North Sea, where he remained until April, 1833 – and, 30 Jan. 1834, to the Belvidera 42, Capt. Chas. Borough Strong, fitting for the West Indies. Shortly after the paying off of the latter ship he was advanced, 5 Dec. 1837, to the rank of Commander. He served next, from 27 July, 1838, until paid off in the summer of 1840, in the Harlequin 16, in the Mediterranean and on the west coast of Africa; and since 7 June, 1848, he has been in command of the Tweed 18, on the S.E. Coast of America. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
RUSSELL. (Captain, 1845.)
John Russell (b) entered the Navy 16 Dec. 1824; passed his examination in 1831; and was made Lieutenant, 9 May, 1832, into the Ariadne 28, Capt. Chas. Phillips, on the North America and West India station, whence he returned in the spring of 1834. His succeeding appointments were – 7 Aug. 1834, to the Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Augustus Montagu, employed in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon – 26 July, 1838, as Senior, to the Medea steam-vessel, Capt. John Neale Nott, with whom he served on the coast of North America until paid off in Nov. 1839 – and, 28 July, 1840, in a similar capacity, to the Stromboli, another steamer, Capt. Woodford John Williams. For his conduct at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre he was advanced, 4 Nov. following, to the rank of Commander. He afterwards, from 24 July, 1841, until posted on his return to England 6 Nov. 1845, commanded the Ardent steam-sloop, on the South American and African stations. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
RUSSELL. (Captain, 1836.)
Robert Russell is a relative, we understand, of the Duchess of Cleveland.
This officer entered the Navy 27 Feb, 1820; passed his examination 8 April, 1826; obtained his first commission 30 April, 1827; was appointed, 28 June ensuing, to the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes; served under that officer at the battle of Navarin; obtained command, 2 Dec. 1828, of the Wolf sloop, on the Mediterranean station; and was dismissed the service for getting his ship on shore at the back of the Isle of Wight on the night of 10 March, 1830. He was restored, however, about the month of Nov. following; and after having had command, from 27 Dec. 1831 until the close of 1834, of the Victor 18, in the river Douro and on the North America and West India station, was advanced, 9 May, 1836, to Post-rank. On 21 Nov. 1832 he made prize of the Negrito a Spanish vessel from the coast of Africa, bound to Cuba, with a cargo on board of 526 slaves. His last appointment was to the Actaeon 26, the command of which ship he retained, on the Brazil and Cape of Good Hope station, from 14 Aug. 1838 until the summer of 1842.
Capt. Russell married, 27 June, 1834, Hester, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, D.C.L., the eminent civilian. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
RUSSELL. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 17; h-p., 27.)
William Russell entered the Navy, 27 Aug. 1803, as Ordinary, on board the Mermaid 32, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, under whom he was for four years employed in the Channel and on the Jamaica, Halifax, and Lisbon stations. He then, in Aug. 1807, joined the Marlborough 74, Capts. Graham Moore, John Phillimore, and Scott. In the course of the same year he accompanied the royal family of Portugal in its flight to the Brazils. He cruized subsequently off Cherbourg; and, while attached to the Walcheren expedition, was intrusted, from 1 July, 1809, to 7 Jan. 1810, with the command of a gun-boat. In March, 1812 (he had previously attained the ratings of Midshipman and Master’s Mate), he was again placed under the orders of Capt. Moore on board the Chatham 74, stationed, as had been for a long time the Marlborough, in the North Sea. After serving for a few months at Barbadoes in the Coquette, Capt. Simpson, he was promoted, 10 Nov. 1813, to the rank of Lieutenant. He was next, until the autumn of 1815, employed in different vessels on the lakes of Canada; he fought in the Fury bomb, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorsom, at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816; in Oct. of that year he joined the Conqueror 74 at Sheerness; and from Jan. 1817 until Aug. 1818, and from April, 1822, until 1825, he served, under the same officer, in the Prometheus 22 and Ariadne 28, on the Home station. He did not afterwards go afloat.
RUSSELL. (Commander, 1841.)
William Nathaniel Russell entered the Navy 28 June, 1826; passed his examination in 1832; obtained his first commission 26 Sept. 1834; and was subsequently appointed, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations – 21 Nov. 1834, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the Hastings 74, Capt. Henry Shiffner – 7 Nov. 1835, to the Jaseur 16, Capt. John Hackett – 28 Feb. 1837, as Additional, to the Caledonia 120, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin – 12 April, 1837, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir Thos.
